FRCA Regulatory Priorities for 2016

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The Freight Rail Customer Alliance (FRCA) is a participant and/or interested in these proceedings before the Surface Transportation Board (STB):

  • Docket No. FD 36004, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited – Petition for Expedited Declaratory Order (March 23, 2016)
  • Docket No. EP 704 (Sub-No. 1), Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Review of Commodity, Boxcar, and TOFC/COFC Exemptions (Initial Comments due July 26, 2016 and Reply Comments due August 26, 2015)
  • Ex Parte No. 704, “Revisiting Commodity, Boxcar and Intermodal Regulatory Exemptions” (February 24, 2011)
  • Ex Parte No. 705, “Competition in the Freight Rail Industry” (June 22-23, 2011)
  • Docket No. EP 711, “Petition for Rulemaking to Adopt Revised Competitive Switching Rules,” Public Hearing (March 26, 2014 and March 25, 2014)
  • Docket No. EP 722, “Railroad Revenue Adequacy,” Public Hearing (July 23-24, 2015)
  • Docket No. EP 724 (Sub-No. 4), Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Rail Service Issues–Performance Data Reporting (Initial Comments due May 31, 2016 and Reply Comments due June 28, 2016)
  • Ex-Parte No. EP 724 (Sub-No. 4), Rail Service Issues–Performance Data Reporting, Communications (December 23, 2015 and December 3, 2015)
  • Docket No. EP 724, “United States Rail Service Issues,” Public Field Hearing in Fargo, ND (September 4, 2014)
  • Docket No. EP 724, “United States Rail Service Issues,” Public Hearing (April 10, 2014)
  • Docket No. EP 730, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Revisions to Arbitration Procedures (Initial Comments due June 15, 2016 and Reply Comments are due July 1, 2016)
  • Docket No. EP 731, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Rules Relating to Board-Initiated Investigations
    (Initial Comments due July 15, 2016 and Reply Comments due August 12, 2016)
  • Docket No. 733, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Expedited Rate Cases
    (Comments due August 1, 2016 and Reply Comments due August 29, 2016.)

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