Sixty-day judicial review period for new merger rules expires without a filed petition, STB says (8/31/2001)

The Surface Transportation Board has announced that no petitions for judicial review have been filed to challenge the board's new merger rules.

STB issued the announcement on Aug. 27.

The rules — which were issued June 11 and became effective July 11 — require future rail applicants to prove that a major rail combination is consistent with the public interest, would enhance (and not just preserve competition, and would fully address service impacts, including service-reliability plans.

Per U. S. Code, petitions for judicial review of STB decisions must be filed with a U.S. appellate court within 60 days of a decision's service date. No petitions for review of the rules were filed within the appropriate 60-day period ending Aug. 10.

Source: Progressive Railroading Daily News