Fees for Services Performed in Connection With Licensing and Related Services-2025 Update

<RULE> SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD <SUBAGY>49 CFR Part 1002</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[Docket No. EP 542 (Sub-No. 33)]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Fees for Services Performed in Connection With Licensing and Related Services—2025 Update</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Surface Transportation Board. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Final rule. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The Board updates for 2025 the fees that the public must pay to file certain cases and pleadings with the Board. Pursuant to this update, 60 of the Board's 135 fees will increase, two will decrease, and 73 fees will remain at their current levels. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> This final rule is effective October 5, 2025. </EFFDATE> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Laura Mizner, (202) 914-1059, or Andrea Pope-Matheson, (202) 900-5240. If you require accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 245-0245. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> The Board's regulations at 49 CFR 1002.3(a) provide for an annual update of the Board's entire user-fee schedule. Fees are generally revised based on the cost study formula set forth at 49 CFR 1002.3(d), which looks to changes in salary costs, publication costs, and Board overhead cost factors. Applying that formula, 60 of the Board's 135 fees will be increased, two will be decreased, and 73 will remain at their current levels. Additional information is contained in the Board's decision. To obtain a free copy of the full decision, visit the Board's website at <E T="03">www.stb.gov</E> or call (202) 245-0245. If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 245-0245. <LSTSUB> <HD SOURCE="HED">List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1002</HD> Administrative practice and procedure, Common carriers, Freedom of information. </LSTSUB> <SIG> <DATED>Decided: August 29, 2025.</DATED> By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, Hedlund, and Schultz. <NAME>Zantori Dickerson,</NAME> Clearance Clerk. </SIG> For the reasons set forth in the preamble, title 49, chapter X, part 1002, of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows: <HD SOURCE="HED">PART 1002—FEES</HD> <REGTEXT TITLE="49" PART="1002"> 1. The authority citation for part 1002 continues to read as follows: <HD SOURCE="HED">Authority:</HD> 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(A), (a)(6)(B), and 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; and 49 U.S.C. 1321. Section 1002.1(f)(11) is also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5514 and 31 U.S.C. 3717. </REGTEXT> <REGTEXT TITLE="49" PART="1002"> 2. Section 1002.1 is amended by revising paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) to read as follows: <SECTION> <SECTNO>§ 1002.1</SECTNO> <SUBJECT> Fees for records search, review, copying, certification, and related services.</SUBJECT> <STARS/> (a) Certificate of the Records Officer, $26.00. (b) Services involved in examination of tariffs or schedules for preparation of certified copies of tariffs or schedules or extracts therefrom at the rate of $55.00 per hour. (c) Services involved in checking records to be certified to determine authenticity, including clerical work, etc. incidental thereto, at a rate of $38.00 per hour. <STARS/> </SECTION> </REGTEXT> <REGTEXT TITLE="49" PART="1002"> 3. Section 1002.2, paragraph (f), is revised to read as follows: <STARS/> (f) <E T="03">Schedule of filing fees.</E> <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,nj,tp0,i1" CDEF="s200,xs80"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Type of proceeding</CHED> <CHED H="1">Fee</CHED> <ROW EXPSTB="01" RUL="s"> <ENT I="21"> <E T="02">PART I: Non-Rail Applications or Proceedings To Enter Into a Particular Financial Transaction or Joint Arrangement</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="00"> <ENT I="01">(1) An application for the pooling or division of traffic</ENT> <ENT>$6,700.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(2) (i) An application involving the purchase, lease, consolidation, merger, or acquisition of control of a motor carrier of passengers under 49 U.S.C. 14303</ENT> <ENT>$2,900.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(ii) A petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 13541 (other than a rulemaking) filed by a non-rail carrier not otherwise covered</ENT> <ENT>$4,600.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(iii) A petition to revoke an exemption filed under 49 U.S.C. 13541(d)</ENT> <ENT>$3,900.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(3) An application for approval of a non-rail rate association agreement. 49 U.S.C. 13703</ENT> <ENT>$41,700.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="22">(4) An application for approval of an amendment to a non-rail rate association agreement:</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(i) Significant amendment</ENT> <ENT>$6,800.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(ii) Minor amendment</ENT> <ENT>$150.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(5) An application for temporary authority to operate a motor carrier of passengers. 49 U.S.C. 14303(i)</ENT> <ENT>$750.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(6) A notice of exemption for transaction within a motor passenger corporate family that does not result in adverse changes in service levels, significant operational changes, or a change in the competitive balance with motor passenger carriers outside the corporate family</ENT> <ENT>$2,300</ENT> </ROW> <ROW RUL="s"> <ENT I="22">(7)-(10) [Reserved]</ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="01" RUL="s"> <ENT I="21"> <E T="02">PART II: Rail Licensing Proceedings Other Than Abandonment or Discontinuance Proceedings</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="00"> <ENT I="01">(11) (i) An application for a certificate authorizing the extension, acquisition, or operation of lines of railroad. 49 U.S.C. 10901</ENT> <ENT>$10,900.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(ii) Notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31-1150.35</ENT> <ENT>$2,500.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(iii) Petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502</ENT> <ENT>$18,900.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(12) (i) An application involving the construction of a rail line</ENT> <ENT>$112,800.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(ii) A notice of exemption involving construction of a rail line under 49 CFR 1150.36</ENT> <ENT>$2,500.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(iii) A petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 involving construction of a rail line</ENT> <ENT>$112,800.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(iv) A request for determination of a dispute involving a rail construction that crosses the line of another carrier under 49 U.S.C. 10902(d)</ENT> <ENT>$350.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(13) A Feeder Line Development Program application filed under 49 U.S.C. 10907(b)(1)(A)(i) or 10907(b)(1)(A)(ii)</ENT> <ENT>$2,600.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(14) (i) An application of a class II or class III carrier to acquire an extended or additional rail line under 49 U.S.C. 10902</ENT> <ENT>$9,200.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(ii) Notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41-1150.45</ENT> <ENT>$2,500.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(iii) Petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 relating to an exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10902.</ENT> <ENT>$9,900.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(15) A notice of a modified certificate of public convenience and necessity under 49 CFR 1150.21-1150.24</ENT> <ENT>$2,400.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(16) An application for a land-use-exemption permit for a facility existing as of October 16, 2008 under 49 U.S.C. 10909.</ENT> <ENT>$9,000.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(17) An application for a land-use-exemption permit for a facility not existing as of October 16, 2008 under 49 U.S.C. 10909</ENT> <ENT>$31,900.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW RUL="s"> <ENT I="22">(18)-(20) [Reserved]</ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="01" RUL="s"> <ENT I="21"> <E T="02">PART III: Rail Abandonment or Discontinuance of Transportation Services Proceedings</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="00"> <ENT I="01">(21) (i) An application for authority to abandon all or a portion of a line of railroad or discontinue operation thereof filed by a railroad (except applications filed by Consolidated Rail Corporation pursuant to the Northeast Rail Service Act [Subtitle E of Title XI of Pub. L. 97-35], bankrupt railroads, or exempt abandonments)</ENT> <ENT>$33,400.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(ii) Notice of an exempt abandonment or discontinuance under 49 CFR 1152.50</ENT> <ENT>$5,300.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(iii) A petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502</ENT> <ENT>$9,400.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(22) An application for authority to abandon all or a portion of a line of a railroad or operation thereof filed by Consolidated Rail Corporation pursuant to Northeast Rail Service Act</ENT> <ENT>$700.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(23) Abandonments filed by bankrupt railroads</ENT> <ENT>$2,800.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(24) A request for waiver of filing requirements for abandonment application proceedings</ENT> <ENT>$2,700.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(25) An offer of financial assistance under 49 U.S.C. 10904 relating to the purchase of or subsidy for a rail line proposed for abandonment</ENT> <ENT>$2,300.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(26) A request to set terms and conditions for the sale of or subsidy for a rail line proposed to be abandoned</ENT> <ENT>$34,300.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">(27) (i) Request for a trail use condition in an abandonment proceeding under 16 U.S.C. 1247(d)</ENT> <ENT>$350.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="03">(ii) A request to extend the period to negotiate a trail use agreement</ENT> <ENT>$650.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW RUL="s"> <ENT I="22">(28)-(35) [Reserved]</ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="01" RUL="s"> <ENT I="21"> <E T="02">PART IV: Rail Applications To Enter Into a Particular Financial Transaction or Joint Arrangement</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW EXPSTB="00"> <ENT I="01">(36) An applicat ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 24k characters. 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