[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: 49CFR1312.6]

[Page 223]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER X--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (Continued)
 
PART 1312_REGULATIONS FOR THE PUBLICATION, POSTING AND FILING OF TARIFFS 
 
Sec. 1312.6  Advance notice required.

    (a) Notice requirement. Unless otherwise specifically authorized by 
the Board, tariffs must be filed with the Board on not less than the 
notice shown in paragraph (b) of this section. Notice means the number 
of days the publication is on file with the Board prior to its effective 
date(s). The date the publication is received by the Board counts as the 
first day of notice.
    (b) Length of notice. A tariff may not become effective earlier 
than:
    (1) Thirty days after filing for all collectively established tariff 
matter.
    (2) Seven workdays after filing for independently established 
increased tariff matter.
    (3) Upon filing for independently established new tariff matter, 
independently established reduced tariff matter, the addition or 
restoration of a carrier's participation in a tariff, a correction to 
the list of participating carriers in a tariff (other than the 
cancellation of a carrier's participation), an extension of the 
expiration date of tariff matter, or a postponement of the effective 
date of proposed tariff matter.
    (c) Receipt of tariffs by the Board. The Board will receive tariff 
filings between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time on 
workdays. Tariff filings delivered to the Board on other than a workday, 
or after 5:00 P.M. on a workday, will be considered as received the next 
workday.
    (d) Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
    Increased means any tariff change that results in higher charges to 
the payer of freight charges or reduced service at the same rate;
    New means an initial rate or other provision for a new service;
    Reduced means any tariff change that results in lower charges to the 
payer of freight charges or expanded service at the same rate; and
    Workdays means all days except Saturdays, Sundays and all Federal 
holidays observed in the District of Columbia.

[62 FR 19058, Apr. 18, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 5195, Feb. 3, 1999]