# Railroad Contracts
> **Surface Transportation Board** · Final rule. · Published 1996-12-30 · Effective 1997-01-29 · 61 FR 68668
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-33152
- **Category:** rail-rate
- **Sub-agency:** Surface Transportation Board
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 68668
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 1313
- **Publication date:** 1996-12-30
- **Effective date:** 1997-01-29
- **DOT docket:** STB Ex Parte No. 541
## Abstract

The Surface Transportation Board (Board) adopts revised regulations governing contracts under 49 U.S.C. 10709 that are entered into between one or more rail carriers and one or more purchasers of rail services for the transportation of agricultural products. The revised regulations reflect the reduced regulatory oversight of rail transportation contracts introduced by the ICC Termination Act of 1995, Public Law 104-88, 109 Stat. 803 (1995) (ICCTA).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/12/30/96-33152/railroad-contracts)
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