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 Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. EP 748]
 The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is publishing the annual inflation-adjusted index factors for 2017. These factors are used by the railroads to adjust their gross annual operating revenues for classification purposes. This indexing methodology ensures that railroads are classified based on real business expansion and not on the effects of inflation. Classification is important because it determines the extent to which individual railroads must comply with STB reporting requirements. The STB's annual inflation-adjusted factors are based on the annual average Railroad Freight Price Index developed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The STB's deflator factor is used to deflate revenues for comparison with established revenue thresholds. The base year for railroads is 1991. The inflation index factors are presented as follows: STB Railroad Inflation-Adjusted Index and Deflator Factor Table
Year
Index
Deflator1991
409.50
1
                             100.001992
411.80
99.451993
415.50
98.551994
418.80
97.701995
418.17
97.851996
417.46
98.021997
419.67
97.501998
424.54
96.381999
423.01
96.722000
428.64
95.452001
436.48
93.732002
445.03
91.922003
454.33
90.032004
473.41
86.402005
522.41
78.29( print page 27820)2006
567.34
72.092007
588.30
69.522008
656.78
62.282009
619.73
66.002010
652.29
62.712011
708.80
57.712012
740.61
55.232013
764.19
53.532014
778.41
52.552015
749.22
54.602016
732.38
55.852017
758.95
53.901
                         In 
                        *Montana Rail Link, Inc., & Wisconsin Central Ltd., Joint Petition for Rulemaking with Respect to 49 CFR part 1201,*
                         8 I.C.C.2d 625 (1992), the Board's predecessor, the Interstate Commerce Commission, raised the revenue classification level for Class I railroads from $50 million (1978 dollars) to $250 million (1991 dollars), effective for the reporting year beginning January 1, 1992. The Class II threshold was also raised from $10 million (1978 dollars) to $20 million (1991 dollars).
 Application of the annual deflator factors results in the following annual revenue thresholds: Railroad Revenue Thresholds
Year
Factor
Class I
Class II2013
0.5353
467,063,129
37,365,0502014
0.5255
475,754,803
38,060,3842015
0.5460
457,913,998
36,633,1202016
0.5585
447,621,226
35,809,6982017
0.5390
463,860,933
37,108,875
 Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
                    *WWW.STB.GOV.* *Applicable Date:*
                     January 1, 2017. *For Further Information Contact:*
                     Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245-0333. [Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: 1-800-877-8339]. Decided: June 8, 2018. By the Board, William Brennan, Acting Director, Office of Economics. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk.


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