# Class Exemption for the Construction of Connecting Track and Rail Construction Under 49 U.S.C. 10901
> **Surface Transportation Board** · Final rule. · Published 1996-06-13 · Effective 1996-07-13 · 61 FR 29973
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-14902
- **Category:** rail-rate
- **Sub-agency:** Surface Transportation Board
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 29973
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 1150
- **Publication date:** 1996-06-13
- **Effective date:** 1996-07-13
- **DOT docket:** Ex Parte No. 392 (Sub-Nos. 2 and 3)
## Abstract

The Surface Transportation Board (the Board) grants final approval to a class exemption for the construction and operation of connecting railroad track in Ex Parte No. 392 (Sub-No. 2) and terminates the Ex Parte No. 392 (Sub-No. 3) proceeding that proposed to adopt a different class exemption for all rail construction projects not covered by the connecting track exemption. Final regulations establishing the exemption for connecting track are set forth below.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/06/13/96-14902/class-exemption-for-the-construction-of-connecting-track-and-rail-construction-under-49-usc-10901)
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