The Surface Transportation Board (Board) amended its Rules of Practice at 49 CFR 1100-1149 in a decision served October 1, 1996 and published in the Federal Register on October 8, 1996 (61 FR 52710). The rules were scheduled to become effective November 7, 1996, but their effectiveness was postponed until November 16, 1996 in a decision served and published on November 6, 1996 (61 FR 57339). Joseph C. Szabo, for and on behalf of United Transportation Union-Illinois Legislative Board, filed a petition to stay a portion of the decision and a petition to reopen. The National Industrial Traffic League also filed a petition for reopening and reconsideration. In response to these petitions, the Board is modifying some of the final rules published in the Federal Register on October 8, 1996. In addition, certain other minor technical changes are being made.