{"abstract":"In this decision, the Board grants in part a petition for rulemaking filed by the National Industrial Transportation League seeking revised reciprocal switching regulations. The Board proposes new regulations governing reciprocal switching in Docket No. EP 711 (Sub-No. 1), which would allow a party to seek a reciprocal switching prescription that is either practicable and in the public interest or necessary to provide competitive rail service.","action":"Notice of proposed rulemaking.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD","name":"Surface Transportation Board","id":481,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/surface-transportation-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/481","parent_id":null,"slug":"surface-transportation-board"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/08/03/2016-17980.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1144,"title":49},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1145,"title":49}],"citation":"81 FR 51149","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2016-09-26","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments are due by September 26, 2016. Replies are due by October 25, 2016. Requests for ex parte meetings with Board Members are due by October 10, 2016 and meetings will be conducted between October 25, 2016 and November 14, 2016. Meeting summaries are to be submitted within two business days of the ex parte meeting.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. EP 711","Docket No. EP 711 (Sub-No. 1)"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2016-17980","effective_on":null,"end_page":51165,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/08/03/2016-17980.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/03/2016-17980/petition-for-rulemaking-to-adopt-revised-competitive-switching-rules-reciprocal-switching","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-17980?publication_date=2016-08-03","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-08-03/2016-17980/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":17,"page_views":{"count":1046,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 02:15:07 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-08-03/pdf/2016-17980.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-17980.pdf?1470165800","publication_date":"2016-08-03","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/08/03/2016-17980.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"comments_count":0,"agency_id":"STB","document_id":"STB-2016-0120-0001","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-03-01T07:36:28Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":51149,"subtype":null,"title":"Petition for Rulemaking To Adopt Revised Competitive Switching Rules; Reciprocal Switching","toc_doc":"Competitive Switching and Reciprocal Switching","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":81}