SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD UPDATES ITS USER-FEE SCHEDULE TO REFLECT LOWER COSTS FOR FILING CASES

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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board announced today an updated fee list that
incorporates a recent Board decision to reduce the fees charged for filing
formal complaints, including rate complaints and unreasonable practice
complaints, to $350, and the maintenance of the $150 fee to file an
expedited small rate case.


                                     Under the new fee schedule, all of the
                                     Board's user fees have either
                                     decreased slightly or remain
                                     unchanged. In addition to the formal
                                     complaint fee reduction, a dozen of
                                     the agency's use fees have decreased,
                                     while 113 others have not changed. The
                                     fee list was last updated in 2010.


                                     To see the updated user-fee schedule
                                     adopted in the Board's decision in
                                     Regulations Governing Fees for
                                     Services Performed in Connection with
                                     Licensing and Related Services—2011
                                     Update, click here
                                     ( http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/41725?OpenDocument )

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