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Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Competition: Review of Part 1144
The Surface Transportation Board published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on January 9, 2026. Comments closed on March 10, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Surface Transportation Board proposes to repeal its regulations on "Intramodal Rail Competition," which implement the agency's statutory authority to prescribe reciprocal switching agreements, through routes, and through rates. The approach set out in the regulations, which narrows the Board's statutory discretion, may no longer be appropriate on an industrywide basis, and its repeal would allow the Board to consider the prescription of through routes, through rates, and reciprocal switching agreements on a case-by-case basis under the applicable statutory standards.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-00241
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking
- Agency
- Surface Transportation Board
- Published
- January 9, 2026
- Comments due
- March 10, 2026
- Dates
- Comments on this notice of proposed rulemaking are due by March 10, 2026. Reply comments are due by April 24, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. EP 788
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 1144
- Topics
- Common carriers; Freight; Railroads
- Pages
- 8
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