Notice2023-13852
Indexing the Annual Operating Revenues of Railroads
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Published
June 29, 2023
Effective
January 1, 2022
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Surface Transportation Board
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 124 (Thursday, June 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 42130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13852]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 748]
Indexing the Annual Operating Revenues of Railroads
The Surface Transportation Board (the Board) is publishing the
annual inflation-adjusted index and deflator factors for 2022. The
deflator factors are used by the railroads to adjust their gross annual
operating revenues for classification purposes. This indexing
methodology ensures that railroads are classified based on real
business expansion and not on the effects of inflation. Classification
is important because it determines the extent to which individual
railroads must comply with the Board's reporting requirements.
The Board's deflator factors are based on the annual average
Railroad Freight Price Index developed by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The Board's deflator factor is used to deflate revenues for
comparison with established revenue thresholds.
Railroad Revenue Thresholds \1\
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Year Factor Class I Class II
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2018........................................................... 0.5103 489,935,956 39,194,876
2019 \2\....................................................... 0.4952 504,803,294 40,384,263
2020 \3\....................................................... 1.0000 900,000,000 40,400,000
2021........................................................... 0.9535 943,898,958 42,370,575
2022........................................................... 0.8721 1,032,002,719 46,325,455
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\1\ In Montana Rail Link, Inc., & Wisconsin Central Ltd., Joint Petition for Rulemaking with Respect to 49 CFR
part 1201, 8 I.C.C.2d 625 (1992), the Board's predecessor, the Interstate Commerce Commission, raised the
revenue classification level for Class I railroads from $50 million (1978 dollars) to $250 million (1991
dollars), effective for the reporting year beginning January 1, 1992. The Class II threshold was also raised
from $10 million (1978 dollars) to $20 million (1991 dollars). In Montana Rail Link, Inc.--Petition for
Rulemaking--Classification of Carriers, EP 763 (STB served Apr. 5, 2021), the revenue classification level for
Class I railroads was raised from $250 million (1991 dollars) to $900 million (2019 dollars), and the Class II
threshold was converted and rounded from $20 million (1991 dollars) to $40.4 million (2019 dollars), effective
for the reporting year beginning January 1, 2020.
\2\ The 2019 values reflect those in Indexing the Annual Operating Revenues of Railroads, EP 748 (STB served
June 10, 2020).
\3\ The 2020 and subsequent values are based on the thresholds established in Docket No. EP 763, and the
deflator factor is referenced to the new base year of 2019. As the Railroad Freight Price Index remained the
same from 2019 to 2020, the annual deflator factor for 2020 was 1.0000.
DATES: The inflation-adjusted indexes and deflator factors are
effective January 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pedro Ramirez at (202) 245-0333.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal
Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
Board decisions and notices are available at <a href="http://www.stb.gov">www.stb.gov</a>.
Decided: June 23, 2023.
By the Board, William Brennan, Ph.D., Chief Economist &
Director, Office of Economics.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023-13852 Filed 6-28-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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