{"product_id":"railroad-regulation-shipper-experiences-and-current-issues-in-icc-regulation-of-rail-rates-rced-87-119-9781289018832","title":"Railroad Regulation: Shipper Experiences and Current Issues in ICC Regulation of Rail Rates: RCED-87-119","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): U. S. Government Accountability Office (\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bibliogov\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn response to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) the Interstate Commerce Commission's (ICC) implementation of the market dominance and rate reasonableness provisions of railroad deregulation legislation; and (2) shippers' ability to obtain rate relief from ICC under the legislation. \u003cbr\u003e GAO found that: (1) most of the rate dispute cases were settled through shipper and railroad negotiations; (2) although ICC believed that many shippers obtained rate relief through contract rates, out of 19 cases where ICC ruled that a rate was unreasonable, only 6 cases resulted in a negotiated contract, and only one of the shippers involved believed the contract rate to be rate relief; (3) ICC published coal rate guidelines to help railroads set reasonable rates, help shippers evaluate proposed rates, and encourage negotiated rates; (4) the guidelines contained no practical method for apportioning fixed costs among shippers, which resulted in widely varying methods of calculating upper limits on costs; and (5) recent case decisions have helped clarify what approaches to determine these costs ICC will find acceptable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46469328109719,"sku":"9781289018832","price":1566.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781289018832.jpg?v=1766220391","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/railroad-regulation-shipper-experiences-and-current-issues-in-icc-regulation-of-rail-rates-rced-87-119-9781289018832","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}