Notice2025-12705
Notice of Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council Vacancies
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Published
July 9, 2025
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Surface Transportation Board
Abstract
The Board hereby gives notice of vacancies on RSTAC for a small railroad representative and a small shipper representative. The Board seeks nominations for candidates to fill these vacancies.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30544-30545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12705]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 23)]
Notice of Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council
Vacancies
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board (Board).
ACTION: Notice of vacancies on the Railroad-Shipper Transportation
Advisory Council (RSTAC) and solicitation of nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Board hereby gives notice of vacancies on RSTAC for a
small railroad representative and a small shipper representative. The
Board seeks nominations for candidates to fill these vacancies.
DATES: Nominations are due on August 8, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Nominations may be submitted via e-filing on the Board's
website at <a href="http://www.stb.gov">www.stb.gov</a>. Submissions will be posted to the Board's
website under Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 23).
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Lyons at (202) 997-7813. If
you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act,
please call (202) 245-0245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board, created in 1996 to take over many
of the functions previously performed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, exercises broad authority over transportation by rail
carriers, including regulation of railroad rates, practices, and
service issues, (49 U.S.C. 10701-47, 11101-24), the construction,
acquisition, operation, and abandonment of rail lines (49 U.S.C. 10901-
07), as well as railroad line sales, consolidations, mergers, and
common control arrangements, (49 U.S.C. 10902, 11323-27).
The ICC Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA), enacted on December 29,
1995, established RSTAC to advise the Board's Chairman; the Secretary
of Transportation; the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives with respect to rail
transportation policy issues RSTAC considers significant. RSTAC focuses
on issues of importance to small shippers and small railroads. ICCTA
instructs RSTAC to endeavor to develop private sector mechanisms to
prevent, or identify and address, obstacles to the most effective and
efficient transportation system practicable. The members of RSTAC also
prepare an annual report concerning RSTAC's activities. RSTAC is not
subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
RSTAC's 15 appointed members include representatives of small and
large shippers, and small and large railroads. These members are
appointed by the Chairman of the Board. In addition, members of the
Board and the Secretary of Transportation serve as ex officio members.
Of the 15 appointed members, nine are voting members and are appointed
from senior executive officers of organizations engaged in the railroad
and rail shipping industries. At least four of the voting members must
be representatives of small shippers as determined by the Chairman of
the Board, and at least four of the voting members must be
representatives of Class II or III railroads. The remaining voting
member has traditionally been an at-large representative. The other six
members--three representing Class I railroads and three representing
large shipper organizations--serve in a nonvoting, advisory capacity,
but may participate in RSTAC deliberations.
Meetings of RSTAC are required by statute to be held at least semi-
annually. RSTAC typically holds meetings quarterly at the Board's
headquarters in Washington, DC, although some meetings are held
virtually or in other locations.
The members of RSTAC receive no compensation for their services and
are required to provide for the expenses incidental to their service,
including travel expenses. Currently, RSTAC members have elected to
submit annual dues to pay for certain RSTAC expenses.
RSTAC members must be citizens of the United States and represent
as broadly as practicable the various segments of the railroad and rail
shipper industries. They may not be full-time employees of the United
States Government. According to revised guidance issued by the Office
of Management and Budget, it is permissible for federally registered
lobbyists to serve on advisory committees, such as RSTAC, as long as
they do so in a representative capacity, rather than an individual
capacity. See Revised Guidance on Appointment of Lobbyists to Fed.
Advisory Comms., Bds., & Comm'ns, 79 FR 47,482 (Aug. 13, 2014). Members
of RSTAC are appointed to serve in a representative capacity.
Each RSTAC member is appointed for a term of three years. No member
will be eligible to serve in excess of two consecutive terms. However,
a member may serve after the expiration of his or her term until a
successor has taken office.
Due to the retirement and resignation of a small railroad
representative and the expiration of the term of a small shipper
representative, the Board is seeking to fill two RSTAC positions.
Nominations for candidates to fill either vacancy should be submitted
in letter form, identifying the name of the candidate and the vacancy
for which the candidate is being nominated, providing a summary of why
the candidate is qualified to serve on RSTAC, and containing
representations that the candidate is willing to serve as an RSTAC
member effective immediately upon appointment. Candidates may nominate
themselves. RSTAC candidate nominations should be filed with the Board
by August 8, 2025. Members selected to serve on RSTAC are chosen at the
discretion of the Board's Chairman.
Please note that submissions will be posted on the Board's website
under Docket No. EP 526 (Sub-No. 23) and can also be obtained by
contacting the Office of Public Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and
Compliance at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93c1d0c3d2d3e0e7f1bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdeffeedfcfdcec9df93dad2cb">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 245-0238.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1325.
Decided: July 3, 2025.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Zantori Dickerson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2025-12705 Filed 7-8-25; 8:45 am]
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