49 CFR § 1244.5 - Date of filing.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s1244.5"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 1244.5 - Date of filing."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1244.5"
section_name: "Date of filing."
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "ACCOUNTS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS"
part_number: "1244"
part_name: "WAYBILL ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION OF PROPERTY—RAILROADS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 1321, 10707, 11144, 11145."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 26784, May 15, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1244"
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# 1244.5 Date of filing.

(a) The reporting period for which subject railroads submit waybill sample information shall be the audit (accounting) month except that subject railroads may submit waybill sample information quarterly as specified in Statement No. 81-1.

(b) Waybill sample information shall be forwarded no later than 60 days from the end of the reporting period to the Board.

(c) When the submitted waybill sample information is returned to the submitting railroad for correction, that railroad shall resubmit corrected data to the Board promptly but no later than 60 days after its receipt.

(d) Subject railroads shall complete the Transmittal Form OPAD-1 to accompany each waybill file submission.

[46 FR 26784, May 15, 1981. Redesignated at 65 FR 37711, June 16, 2000; 85 FR 54941, Sept. 3, 2020]