[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1244.3]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER X--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (Continued)
 
PART 1244_WAYBILL ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION OF PROPERTY_RAILROADS
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1244.3  Reporting contract shipment waybills and Canadian and Mexican 
international waybills.

    (a) All railroads shall identify (flag) contract shipment waybills.

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    (b) The revenue associated with contract shipments may be encrypted 
(masked) to safeguard the confidentiality of the contract rates.
    (1) Upon written request, the Board will provide a masking procedure 
for a railroad's use or will mask the contract revenues when the Waybill 
Sample is filed with the Board.
    (2) When a railroad intends to use its own proprietary masking 
procedure, those procedures, and any changes in those procedures, must 
be approved by the Board thirty (30) days prior to their use.
    (3) All railroads that use a proprietary masking procedure, and 
intend to continue to use the same procedure, must certify, by letter to 
the Board, prior to January 31 each year, that the contract revenue 
masking procedures are unchanged.
    (4) All correspondence and certifications concerning masking 
procedures should be addressed to: Director, Office of Economics, 
Environmental Analysis, and Administration, Surface Transportation 
Board, Washington, DC 20423-0001, ATTN: WAYBILL COORDINATOR.
    (c) Railroads moving traffic on the U.S. rail system to the Canadian 
or Mexican border shall include a representative sample of such 
international export traffic in the Waybill Sample.
    (d) Railroads shall identify (flag) such movements as international 
traffic in the waybill records.
    (e) Railroads may report information on the complete rail routing or 
report only information related to the U.S. portion of the movement.
    (f) Railroads may mask revenue divisions associated with cross-
border traffic following the masking procedures set forth in paragraphs 
(a) and (b) of this section.

[65 FR 37711, June 16, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 53735, Oct. 24, 2001]