{"id":4986,"date":"2024-01-25T05:37:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T19:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2024-01-25T05:37:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T19:37:52","slug":"feds-streamline-emergency-service-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=4986","title":{"rendered":"Feds Streamline Emergency Service Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>By Railfan & Railroad Staff<\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board announced on January 24, that it would amend its emergency service regulations. An emergency service order allows the federal government to direct service decisions on railroads. If the STB determines that there is a service issue on a railroad it may \u201cdirect the handling, routing, and movement of traffic,\u201d including forcing traffic to be detoured on other railroads. It can also force \u201cjoint or common use of railroad facilities\u201d and \u201cprescribe temporary through routes.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But getting such an order can be challenging and requires the shipper to jump through many hopes \u2014 until now. Under the amended rules, a shipper could receive relief in a matter of days. The STB first proposed changes to the regulations back in 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn my view, this revised approach to managing service emergencies is a long-needed reform that will help level the playing field for shippers where rail service failures have caused an acute and serious threat to their business, or when emergency relief is necessary to protect the public,\u201d said Board Chairman Martin Oberman.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emergency service orders are rare but at least two were issued to Union Pacific to move grain trains in 2022, when Foster Farms said millions of chickens were going to die if they didn\u2019t get fed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Railfan & Railroad Staff The U.S. Surface Transportation Board announced on January 24, that it would amend its emergency service regulations. An emergency service […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-4986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rail-news","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t