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###### Surface Transportation Board

          - [Docket No. EP 748]

# DATES:

                        The                                                 deflator factor is applicable January 1, 2020.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pedro Ramirez at (202) 245-0333. Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

                        Board decisions and notices are available at                         *www.stb.gov.*

Decided: July 6, 2021.

By the Board, William Brennan, Ph.D., Chief Economist & Director, Office of Economics.

Eden Besera,

Clearance Clerk.

# Footnotes

1.                                 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). On April 5, 2021, the Board issued a Final Rule in                             *Montana Rail Link, Inc.—Petition for Rulemaking—Classification of Carriers,*                             Docket No. EP 763, in which the revenue classification level for Class I railroads was raised from $250 million (1991 dollars) to $900 million (2019 dollars) effective for the reporting year beginning January 1, 2020. The Class II threshold was converted and rounded from $20 million (1991 dollars) to $40.4 million (2019 dollars).                        

2.                                 The 2019 values reflect those in                             *Indexing the Annual Operating Revenues of Railroads,*                             EP 748 (STB served June 10, 2020). The 2020 values are based on the new thresholds established in Docket No. EP 763 and the deflator factor is referenced to the new base year of 2019. As the Railroad Freight Price Index remained the same from 2019 to 2020, the annual deflator factor for 2020 is 1.0000.                        
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