SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

07/10/2025 (Thursday)
No. 25-25
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The Surface Transportation Board today announced a decision discontinuing a regulatory docket in which certain Class I carriers proposed changes to the agency’s procedures for railroad revenue adequacy, along with a related exploratory proceeding. [Click for full press release.]

07/07/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-24
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The Surface Transportation Board today announced a decision confirming the Kansas City Southern Railway Company’s (KCSR, now part of Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)) continued ability to use haulage rights originally established in 1988 to transport grain traffic over Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) tracks between Beaumont, Texas, and the ports of Houston and Galveston. [Click for full press release.]

06/30/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-23
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Continuing the agency’s efforts to promote transparency and accountability, Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs provided an update today on recent actions to facilitate and expedite the resolution of several outstanding Board proceedings. Colorado Landowners—Adverse Abandonment––Great Western Railway of Colorado, LLC in Weld County, Colo. (AB 857 (Sub-No. 2)). On October 5, 2022, a group […] [Click for full press release.]

06/10/2025 (Tuesday)
No. 25-22
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Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs announced today that recent listening sessions led by Vice Chairman Michelle Schultz with legal practitioners have generated valuable feedback, and Vice Chairman Schultz has provided five initial recommendations for streamlining Board processes and procedures. [Click for full press release.]

05/30/2025 (Friday)
No. 25-21
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The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision removing the agency’s Final Offer Rate Review (FORR) rule. [Click for full press release.]

05/29/2025 (Thursday)
No. 25-20
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The Surface Transportation Board today announced that the Supreme Court of the United States has issued a favorable and unanimous decision concerning the Board’s 2021 decision approving the construction and operation of a new rail line in Utah’s Uinta Basin for the primary purpose of transporting oil.  Today’s decision reins in the scope of environmental […] [Click for full press release.]

05/23/2025 (Friday)
No. 25-19
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The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis today issued a Final Environmental Assessment (Final EA) for Savannah Industrial Logistics and Savannah Industrial Transportation’s construction and operation of an 11,404-foot rail line in Effingham County, Georgia. [Click for full press release.]

05/12/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-18
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Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Patrick J. Fuchs today announced the addition of Sharon Clark, Rob Reilly, and Chris Bertram as senior advisors to the Chairman. [Click for full press release.]

05/05/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-17
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As part of the agency’s efforts to increase transparency and accountability, Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs provided an update today on recent actions to facilitate and expedite the resolution of several outstanding Board proceedings. Union Pacific Corporation—Control—Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company, et al. (FD 30800). The Kansas City Southern Railroad Company petitioned the Board to enforce […] [Click for full press release.]

05/01/2025 (Thursday)
No. 25-16
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Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs today announced that, as part of his on-going, comprehensive agency reform efforts, he has designated Vice Chairman Michelle Schultz to lead a series of informal listening sessions with attorneys who practice before the agency. [Click for full press release.]