# Modifications to the General Provisions of the Board
> **Surface Transportation Board** · Final rules. · Published 1997-09-18 · Effective 1997-09-18 · 62 FR 48953
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-24820
- **Category:** rail-rate
- **Sub-agency:** Surface Transportation Board
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 48953
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 1000
- **Publication date:** 1997-09-18
- **Effective date:** 1997-09-18
- **DOT docket:** STB Ex Parte No. 568
## Abstract

The Board revises its regulations to reflect: the elimination of certain functions; the closing of field offices; nomenclature changes resulting from the transfer of functions from the Interstate Commerce Commission to the Surface Transportation Board; and the removal of unnecessary rules.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/09/18/97-24820/modifications-to-the-general-provisions-of-the-board)
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