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The Surface Transportation Board (STB) of the United States is an independent federal agency that serves as an adjudicatory board.The board was created in 1996 following the abolition of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and absorbed regulatory powers relevant to the railroad industry previously under the ICC's purview.
In the United States, railroads are designated as Class I, Class II, or Class III, according to size criteria first established by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1911, and now governed by the Surface Transportation Board (STB). The STB's current definition of a Class I railroad was set in 1992, that being any carrier earning annual ...
In March 2018, Schultz was nominated by President Donald Trump for a newly created position on the STB, which expanded from three to five members following the passage of the STB Reauthorization Act of 2015. [2] Schultz was confirmed to the position on November 18, 2020 by the United States Senate. [3] She was sworn into office on January 11 ...
The Surface Transportation Board, which has regulatory authority over new railroad lines, issued an environmental impact statement and approved the coalition's proposal in 2021.
STB "is particularly interested in knowing whether metrics to measure FMLM service that is not now being reported. The Surface Transportation Board is seeking comments from shippers, carriers, and ...
Since dissolution of the ICC in 1996, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has become responsible for defining criteria for each railroad class. The STB continues to use designations of Class II and Class III as there are different labor regulations for the two classes. The bounds are typically redefined every several years to adjust for ...
The appeals court decision said that the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, which performed the environmental study, “is not allowed ‘to shirk [its] responsibilities under NEPA by labeling ...
Martin Jay Oberman (April 23, 1945) is an American government official and attorney who served as a member of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) from 2019 to 2024 and as STB chair from 2021 to 2024. He previously served as the chair of the board of directors at Metra, the Chicago commuter rail system. [6]