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Below are news releases issued by the Surface Transportation Board since the beginning of 2019.  News releases issued prior to 2019 are available here.

STB Issues Final EIS for Green Eagle Railroad in Maverick County, TX

08/06/2025 (Wednesday)
No. 25-29
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The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) today issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) for Green Eagle Railroad’s proposed construction and operation of a 1.3-mile rail line in Eagle Pass and Maverick County, Texas. [Click for full press release.]

STB Creates Office of Chief Counsel and Provides Interim Delegations

08/04/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-28
Contact: | (202) 245-0245

The Surface Transportation Board today announced that, effective August 1, 2025, it has combined its two legal offices, the Office of Proceedings (OP) and the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), into one Office of Chief Counsel.  [Click for full press release.]

STB Receives Notice of Intent for Proposed Merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern

07/30/2025 (Wednesday)
No. 25-27
Contact: | (202) 245-0245

The Surface Transportation Board confirmed today that it has received a notice of intent regarding a proposed merger that would result in the combination of Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) (together Applicants), both Class I railroads.  This notice, required under the Board’s merger regulations at 49 C.F.R. Part 1180, […] [Click for full press release.]

Chairman Fuchs Kicks Off Meetings on Improving Competition and Reducing Regulatory Barriers

07/21/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-26
Contact: | (202) 245-0245

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs today announced that the agency is holding a series of meetings designed to discuss ideas and opportunities to update the STB’s regulatory framework to improve competition and reduce regulatory barriers. [Click for full press release.]

STB Discontinues Regulatory Proceeding on Carrier-Proposed Benchmarking Procedure

07/10/2025 (Thursday)
No. 25-25
Contact: | (202) 245-0245

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.]

STB Enforces Merger Conditions Facilitating Continued Competitive Options for Grain Traffic to Gulf Coast

07/07/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-24
Contact: | (202) 245-0245

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.]

Chairman Fuchs Provides Updates on Outstanding Proceedings

06/30/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-23
Contact: | (202) 245-0245

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.]

STB Gathers More Than 100 Ideas From Legal Practitioners to Streamline Board Processes

06/10/2025 (Tuesday)
No. 25-22
Contact: | (202) 245-0245

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.]

STB Announces Removal of Final Offer Rate Review Rule

05/30/2025 (Friday)
No. 25-21
Contact: | (202) 245-0245

The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision removing the agency’s Final Offer Rate Review (FORR) rule. [Click for full press release.]

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of the STB on Major Construction Project

05/29/2025 (Thursday)
No. 25-20
Contact: | (202) 245-0245

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.]