Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures-Productivity Adjustment

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identifier: "/us/fr/2026-06555"
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title: "Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures-Productivity Adjustment"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2026-06555"
section_name: "Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures-Productivity Adjustment"
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currency: "2026-04-03"
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generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Surface Transportation Board"
document_number: "2026-06555"
document_type: "notice"
fr_citation: "91 FR 17054"
fr_volume: 91
publication_date: "2026-04-03"
agencies:
  - "Surface Transportation Board"
docket_ids:
  - "Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 4)"
comments_close_date: "2026-04-15"
fr_action: "Presentation of the Board's calculation for the change in railroad productivity for the 2020-2024 averaging period."
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#  Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures—Productivity Adjustment

**AGENCY:**

Surface Transportation Board.

**ACTION:**

Presentation of the Board's calculation for the change in railroad productivity for the 2020-2024 averaging period.

**SUMMARY:**

In a decision served on March 31, 2026, the Board proposed to adopt 1.015 (1.5% per year) as the measure of average (geometric mean) change in railroad productivity for the 2020-2024 (five-year) period. The Board's March 31, 2026 decision stated that comments may be filed addressing any perceived data and computational errors in the Board's calculation. The decision also stated that, unless a further order is issued postponing the effective date, the decision will take effect on April 18, 2026.

**DATES:**

Comments are due by April 15, 2026.

**ADDRESSES:**

Comments may be filed via e-filing on the Board's website at *www.stb.gov.* Comments must be served on all parties appearing on the service list.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Pedro Ramirez at (202) 245-0333. If you require accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 245-0245.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

Additional information is contained in the Board's decision, which is available at *www.stb.gov* under Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 4).

*Authority:* 49 U.S.C. 10708.

By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, Hedlund, and Schultz.

Decided: March 31, 2026.

Andrea Pope-Matheson,

Clearance Clerk.