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Items of Interest

	Berkshire Hathaway Compliance with Railroad Control Law The Board has directed Berkshire Hathaway to remedy promptly its noncompliance with railroad control requirements for its 2010 acquisition of BNSF Railway Company. According to Berkshire, its subsidiaries owned two shortline railroads prior to the BNSF acquisition, but it had not sought required Board approval for the BNSF acquisition because, Berkshire states, it was unaware at that time of these holdings. Click here to read Berkshire's notification letter and to read the Board's reply, click here. To read Berkshire's response, click here.
	CN Acquisition Audit Report The Board released on June 18th a report on a second independent Board-ordered audit of the Canadian National Ry. and Grand Trunk Corp., --Control--EJ&E West Co. (STB Finance Docket No. 35087) transaction. The audit report was prepared by HDR Engineering, Inc. To view the audit report, click here.
	Managing Service Demands Chairman Daniel R. Elliott III wrote a letter to railroads on June 8, 2012 requesting their plans for managing service demands through the end of year. To see the Chairman's letters and the railroads’ responses, click here.
	URCS The STB has made technical improvements to several aspects of the Uniform Railroad Costing System (URCS) Phase III Railroad Cost Program to make it more user-friendly. To learn more, click here.
	2010 Public Use Waybill The 2010 Public Use Waybill Sample is now available. To download that information click here.
	2010 URCS Data Available 2010 Uniform Railroad Costing System (URCS) information, which applies the Board's 2010 cost-of-capital finding for the rail industry, is now available. To see that information, click here.
	Got a Complaint? Need help from the Board without filing a formal complaint? The Rail Customer and Public Assistance team offers a free, confidential avenue to settle disputes between shippers and railroads. Read more about the program here.

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