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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have cleared an initial regulatory hurdle in their proposed merger to create the nation’s first transcontinental freight railroad, after the Surface Transportation Board accepted the carriers’ revised application for consideration while simultaneously pausing proceedings pending additional information.
The railroads said May 28 that the STB’s decision moves the proposal into a merits-based review process. However, regulators also determined that portions of the revised filing remain “unclear ...
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The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has proposed sweeping changes to its permitting process aimed at accelerating rail infrastructure projects and reducing regulatory burdens.
The proposal, approved unanimously by the board, would mark the first major overhaul of the agency’s environmental review procedures in more than 30 years. Officials said the changes ...
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Chairman Daniel R. Elliott III of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) visited the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) in Ottawa, Canada, earlier this month to discuss opportunities for the two agencies to work together and to share information and best practices. Like the STB, the CTA is the economic regulator of ...
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