Below are press releases issued by the Surface Transportation Board since the beginning of 2019. Press releases issued prior to 2019 are available here.
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Below are press releases issued by the Surface Transportation Board since the beginning of 2019. Press releases issued prior to 2019 are available here.
01/09/2023 (Monday)
No. 23-01
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board announced today that Board Member Karen Hedlund has been designated as the agency’s vice chairman. Ms. Hedlund was sworn in as a Board member on January 3, 2022. She succeeds Michelle Schultz, who continues to serve... [Click for full press release.]
12/30/2022 (Friday)
No. 22-56
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision that directs Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) to carry out specific service commitments to Foster Poultry Farms (Foster Farms). On December 29, 2022, Foster Farms filed a petition for emergency... [Click for full press release.]
12/19/2022 (Monday)
No. 22-55
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board today adopted two final rules establishing new rate reasonableness procedures which provide two streamlined approaches for shippers and railroads to resolve smaller rate disputes. The Board established a voluntary... [Click for full press release.]
12/09/2022 (Friday)
No. 22-54
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board today announced it has posted to its website certain railroad service and employment data collected as a result of the Board’s May 6, 2022 order in EP 770. This order required Class I freight railroads to file... [Click for full press release.]
12/08/2022 (Thursday)
No. 22-53
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman today sent a letter to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) in response to UP’s December 6th filing pursuant to the Board’s November 22, 2022 order, in STB Docket No. EP 772, Oversight Hearing... [Click for full press release.]
12/08/2022 (Thursday)
No. 22-52
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board today announced that it has selected senior staff member, Neil Moyer, to serve as acting director of the Board’s Office of Passenger Rail (OPR). The office was established on October 1, 2022, and is responsible for... [Click for full press release.]
12/07/2022 (Wednesday)
No. 22-51
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board today announced additional information in preparation for the upcoming hearing regarding Union Pacific (UP) embargoes. The notice sets the schedule of appearances, the time allotted to each speaker or group, and provides... [Click for full press release.]
11/22/2022 (Tuesday)
No. 22-50
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board today announced that the parties to the pending application of Amtrak to commence passenger service on the Gulf Coast have reached a settlement. The Board today issued a decision granting the parties’ joint motion to... [Click for full press release.]
11/22/2022 (Tuesday)
No. 22-49
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board today announced that it will hold an in-person public hearing on December 13 and 14, 2022, with Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) pertaining to the substantial increase in its use of embargoes as a method of reducing rail... [Click for full press release.]
10/28/2022 (Friday)
No. 22-48
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
UPDATE: The hearing dates scheduled for November 17 and 18, 2022 are postponed until November 30, 2022, beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET. The voting conference remains scheduled for December 7, 2022 unless the parties inform the Board that they have reached... [Click for full press release.]
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