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By a 3-2 majority June 23, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) ruled in favor of Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC), ordering BNSF to fulfill its common-carrier obligation to serve the Powder River Basin energy producer and transport 4.2 million tons of coal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NTEC filed a complaint April 14 seeking an emergency service order to move coal from a facility in Big Horn, Wyo., to a Canadian terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, BNSF must move 23 trains per month of NTEC\u2019s coal beginning immediately, and an additional six trains per month when additional train sets and crew become available. Both parties will be providing weekly service updates, the STB said in a news release announcing the decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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STB Chairman Martin Oberman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cThe common carrier obligation is a core tenet of the Board\u2019s regulation of the freight railroad industry and is a pillar of the railroads\u2019 responsibility to our country\u2019s economy,\u201d STB Chairman Martin Oberman, who will be a guest at the SMART Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.<\/a>, said in the release. \u201cToday\u2019s decision reflects the majority\u2019s finding that the common carrier obligation requires a railroad to provide service on a customer\u2019s request that is within the railroad\u2019s capacity to provide.\u201d  Further, Oberman noted, as the STB has previously held: \u201cThe common carrier duty reflects the well-established principle that railroads \u2018are held to a higher standard of responsibility than most private enterprises.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board members Patrick Fuchs and Michelle Schultz dissented with the ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The STB decision is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/object>2023.06.23_STB_order_42178<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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