United States Department of Energy and United States Department of Defense v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, et al.; and United States Department of Energy and United States Department of Defense v. Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Company, et al.

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. NOR 38302S; Docket No. NOR 38376S] AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT. ACTION: Final Decision. SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board (Board) has approved the settlement agreement (Agreement) negotiated by the United States Departments of Energy and Defense (the Government) on the one hand and BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) on the other hand; prescribed the Agreement's rate and rate update methodology and revenue-to-variable cost (R/VC) ratios as the maximum reasonable rates; and continued to hold these proceedings in abeyance as to the remaining railroad defendants to permit continued settlement negotiations. DATES: Effective Date: The decision is effective on September 25, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc Lerner, (202) 245-0390. [Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: 1-800-877-8339.] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a decision served on August 26, 2013, the Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10704 , approved the Agreement negotiated by the Government and BNSF to settle these rate reasonableness complaints as between them only. The Agreement—which applies broadly to the nationwide movement on BNSF's lines of irradiated spent fuel, parts and constituents; spent nuclear fuel moving from a foreign country to the United States for disposal; empty casks; radioactive waste materials; and buffer and escort cars (collectively, Covered Movements) and is structured to cover move…