[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: 49CFR1312.12]

[Page 224-225]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER X--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (Continued)
 
PART 1312_REGULATIONS FOR THE PUBLICATION, POSTING AND FILING OF TARIFFS 
 
Sec. 1312.12  Posting requirements.

    (a) General posting requirements. (1) Each carrier shall maintain, 
at its principal office, a complete set of its tariffs (proposed and 
effective) and those to which it is a party.
    (2) Each carrier shall also maintain some or all of its tariffs at 
other locations, as may be useful. Carriers shall provide information 
regarding all locations where tariffs may be viewed.
    (3) At all points where tariffs are posted, they shall be made 
available for inspection by any person during the carrier's normal 
business hours. The tariffs shall be accessible and readable. The 
carrier shall also post, in a conspicuous place in those locations, a 
notice, in large print, which contains a statement that the tariffs are 
available for public inspection.
    (4) At all other carrier business offices, the carrier shall display 
a notice advising the public of the location of the nearest available 
tariff. The notice shall be in large print and posted in a conspicuous 
place. In addition, the carrier shall, upon request, make particular 
tariffs available at that location as soon as possible but not later 
than within 20 days, or provide the sought information orally if 
satisfactory to the requestor.
    (5) Any publication referred to in a tariff must be posted with that 
tariff.
    (b) Exception to the posting requirements. If any tariff maintained 
pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this section has not been used for a 
substantial

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length of time, the posting of that tariff, including its reissues, may 
be discontinued at that station until such time as a request is made to 
have it reposted. It shall then be reposted within 20 days.