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Changes to Delegations
The Surface Transportation Board published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 18, 2026. It took effect on September 17, 2026.
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What the agency says
In this final rule, the Board is revising its regulations to clarify certain existing delegations of authority and create certain new delegations for the Board's Chief Counsel and Chief of Passenger Rail and Investigations (COPRI). The Board is also creating a new regulation that codifies and expands the Board's grant stamp procedures and is revising certain regulations to make nomenclature changes.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-16828
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Surface Transportation Board
- Published
- August 18, 2026
- Takes effect
- September 17, 2026
- Dates
- This final rule is effective on September 17, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. EP 789
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 1011; 49 CFR 1152; 49 CFR 1244
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Authority delegations (Government agencies); Freight; Organization and functions (Government agencies); Railroads; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Uniform System of Accounts
- Pages
- 6
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