Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-149 - Tariff Circular No. 6 › Section 480-149-050 - Freight tariffs

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Freight tariffs shall contain:
(1) Table of contents (unless otherwise
			 specifically authorized by the commission). A full and complete statement in
			 alphabetical order of the exact location where information under general
			 headings, by subjects, will be found, specifying page or item numbers. If a
			 tariff contains so small a volume of matter that it plainly discloses its
			 contents, the table of contents may be omitted.
(2) A list, alphabetically arranged, of the
			 names of all carriers participating in the tariff. If there be not more than 10
			 participating carriers, their names may be shown on the title page. Each
			 carrier or agent which issues a joint tariff shall file with the commission an
			 informal list or schedule of powers of attorney or concurrences; or in the
			 alternative may show the powers of attorney or concurrence numbers in
			 connection with the list of participating carriers in the tariff.
(3) A complete index alphabetically arranged
			 of all articles upon which commodity rates or exceptions to the governing
			 classification are named together with reference to each item or page where
			 such article is shown. If all of the commodity rates to each destination in a
			 general commodity or a combined class and commodity tariff are arranged in
			 alphabetical order by commodities, the index of commodities may be omitted from
			 the tariff.
(4) An alphabetical
			 index of all points from which rates apply and a separate alphabetical index of
			 all points to which all rates apply except where all or substantially all rates
			 apply in both directions the points of origin and destination may be shown in
			 one index. Such index or indexes must show the item, page or index numbers from
			 or to which rates apply. If there be not more than 12 points of origin or 12
			 points of destination, the name of each if practicable may be shown on the
			 title page. If the points of origin or of destination are shown alphabetically
			 arranged or are shown by groups alphabetically arranged, no index is
			 required.
(5) List of exceptions,
			 if any, to the classification, or reference to a classification exception
			 tariff or tariffs governing the tariff.
(6) Such explanatory statements in clear and
			 explicit terms regarding the rates and rules contained in the tariff may be
			 necessary to remove all doubt as to their proper application.
(7) Rules and regulations which govern the
			 tariff in clear and explicit terms, setting forth all privileges and services
			 covered by the rates. A special rule applying to a particular rate shall be
			 shown in connection with, and on the same page with, such rates. Where it is
			 not desirable or practicable to include the governing rules and regulations in
			 the rate tariff, such rules and regulations may be separately published in
			 tariffs filed by an individual carrier or by an agent, providing that reference
			 is made to such tariffs on the title page.
(8)
(a) An
			 explicit statement of the rates, in cents or in dollars and cents per pound,
			 per 100 pounds, per barrel or other package, per ton, or per car, or other
			 unit, together with the names or designations of the places from and to which
			 they apply, all arranged in a simple and systematic manner. Minimum carload
			 weights or other units must be specifically stated. Tariffs containing rates
			 per ton must specify what constitutes a ton thereunder. A ton of 2,000 pounds
			 must be specified as "net ton" or "ton of 2,000 pounds." A ton of 2,240 pounds
			 must be specified as "gross ton" or "long ton" or a "ton of 2,240 pounds." A
			 ton measurement must be specified as "ton of 40 cubic feet." Complicated or
			 ambiguous terms must be avoided. Insofar as possible such rates should be
			 assigned an identifying number to facilitate reference thereto. If all rates
			 are stated in the same unit that fact may be indicated on the title page
			 immediately in connection with the application of the tariff.
(b) When articles are made subject to
			 percentages of class rates the rates applicable under such provisions must be
			 shown in the class tariffs just as if those percentages were additional
			 numbered or lettered classes, or reference may be made to an appropriate table
			 published in the tariff containing the class rates. Unless this is done
			 specific commodity rates must be published.
(c) A commodity item may provide rates on a
			 number of items by the use of generic heading without naming such articles,
			 providing such commodity item contains reference to an item in the tariff which
			 contains a complete list of such articles, or contains reference to the number
			 of a separate tariff containing such a list of articles. Such reference to a
			 separate item or tariff may not be made unless a definite and complete list of
			 the articles under the same generic heading is shown in the item, tariff or
			 classification so referred to.