WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- 49 CFR Part 1144 has issued a proposed rule called: Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Competition: Review of Part 1144.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Jan. 9 by Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk.
Summary: The Surface Transportation Board proposes to repeal its regulations on "Intramodal Rail Competition, " which implement the agency's statutory authority to prescribe reciprocal switching agreements, through routes, and through rates. The approach set out in the regulations, which narrows the Board's statutory discretion, may no longer be appropriate on an industrywide basis, and its repeal would allow the Board to consider the prescription of through routes, through rates, and reciprocal sw...