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34 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 1Aff’d sub nom. CSX Transp., Inc. v. STB, 568 

F.3d 236 (D.C. Cir. 2009), vacated in part on reh’g, 

584 F.3d 1076 (D.C. Cir. 2009). 

2021–008 and should be submitted on 

or before July 6, 2021. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.34

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12338 Filed 6–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11440] 

Notice of Public Meeting 

As required by the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, the 

Department of State gives notice of a 

meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

International Postal and Delivery 

Services. This Committee will meet 

virtually on Thursday, July 15, 2021, 

from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, hosted on a Webex platform, 

meeting number 199 494 5652, code 

ddMnU572653 (33668572 from phones). 

Members of the public interested in 

providing input to the meeting should 

contact Ms. Shereece Robinson, whose 

contact information is listed below (see 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of 

this notice). Individuals providing oral 

input are requested to limit their 

comments to five minutes. Requests to 

be added to the speakers list must be 

received in writing (by email) prior to 

the close of business on Thursday, July 

8, 2021; written comments from 

members of the public for distribution at 

this meeting must reach Ms. Robinson 

by email on this same date. Requests 

received after that date, including any 

requests for reasonable accommodation, 

will be considered but might not be able 

to be fulfilled. 

The agenda of the meeting will focus 

on U.S. positions on issues for the 27th 

Congress of the Universal Postal Union, 

currently scheduled for August 9–27 in 

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Issues under 

consideration at the Congress include 

modifications to the rules of procedure 

to allow hybrid (i.e., mixed virtual and 

physically present) Congresses, the 

opening of the UPU to wider postal 

sector actors, reform of the system of 

member states’ contributions, and 

interpretation of the 2019 Geneva 

accord on compensation for E-format 

items. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Ms. Shereece Robinson of 

the Office of Specialized and Technical 

Agencies (IO/STA), Bureau of 

International Organization Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State, at tel. (202) 538– 

4442 or by email at RobinsonSA2@

state.gov. 

Zachary A. Parker, 

Director, Office of Directives Management, 

U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12434 Filed 6–11–21; 8:45 am] 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. EP 682 (Sub-No. 12)] 

2020 Tax Information for Use in the 

Revenue Shortfall Allocation Method 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Board is publishing, and 

providing the public an opportunity to 

comment on, the 2020 weighted average 

state tax rates for each Class I railroad, 

as calculated by the Association of 

American Railroads (AAR), for use in 

the Revenue Shortfall Allocation 

Method (RSAM). 

DATES: Comments are due by July 14, 

2021. If any comments opposing AAR’s 

calculation are filed, AAR’s reply will 

be due by August 3, 2021. If no 

comments are filed by July 14, 2021, 

AAR’s calculation of the 2020 weighted 

average state tax rates will be 

automatically adopted by the Board, 

effective July 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be filed 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

via e-filing on the Board’s website. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathaniel Bawcombe at (202) 245–0376. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

RSAM figure is one of three benchmarks 

that together are used to determine the 

reasonableness of a challenged rate 

under the Board’s Simplified Standards 

for Rail Rate Cases, EP 646 (Sub-No. 1), 

slip op. at 10 (STB served Sept. 5, 

2007),1 as further revised in Simplified 

Standards for Rail Rate Cases—Taxes in 

Revenue Shortfall Allocation Method 

(Simplified Standards—Taxes in 

RSAM), EP 646 (Sub-No. 2) (STB served 

Nov. 21, 2008). RSAM is intended to 

measure the average markup that the 

railroad would need to collect from all 

of its ‘‘potentially captive traffic’’ (traffic 

with a revenue-to-variable-cost ratio 

above 180%) to earn adequate revenues 

as measured by the Board under 49 

U.S.C. 10704(a)(2) (i.e., earn a return on 

investment equal to the railroad 

industry cost of capital). Simplified 

Standards—Taxes in RSAM, EP 646 

(Sub-No. 2), slip op. at 1. In Simplified 

Standards—Taxes in RSAM, EP 646 

(Sub-No. 2), slip op. at 3, 5, the Board 

modified its RSAM formula to account 

for taxes, as the prior formula 

mistakenly compared pre-tax and aftertax revenues. In that decision, the Board 

stated that it would institute a separate 

proceeding in which Class I railroads 

would be required to submit the annual 

tax information necessary for the 

Board’s annual RSAM calculation. Id. at 

5–6. 

Pursuant to 49 CFR 1135.2, AAR is 

required to annually calculate and 

submit to the Board the weighted 

average state tax rate for each Class I 

railroad for the previous year. On May 

28, 2021, AAR filed its calculation of 

the weighted average state tax rates for 

2020, listed below for each Class I 

railroad: 

WEIGHTED AVERAGE STATE TAX RATES

Railroad 2020 

(%) 

2019 

(%) % Change 

BNSF Railway Company ............................................................................................................. 5.119 5.234 ¥0.115 

CSX Transportation, Inc .............................................................................................................. 5.101 5.097 0.004 

Grand Trunk Corporation ............................................................................................................. 8.124 8.129 ¥0.005 

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company ............................................................................ 5.139 5.711 ¥0.572 

Norfolk Southern Combined Railroad Subsidiaries ..................................................................... 5.713 5.697 0.016 

Soo Line Corporation ................................................................................................................... 8.122 8.181 ¥0.059 


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