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ar 20 Wt ZOLA: GF, ICCOI Interstate Commerce Commission 1991 Annual Report ae ICC9I Interstate Commerce Commission 1991 Annual Report 7 . ) A ZA Wah UNS: For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328 ISBN 0-16-036030-7 WA TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter of Transmittal ........ 3 Household Goods ........ 55 Insurance. .............. 55 The Commission ........... 4 Functions and Responsibility. 5 Bus Companies............ 59 How the ICC Operates ..... 5 Financial Condition. ....... 59 Operating Rights ......... 59 Fiscal Year 1991 In Review 7 Perrrr TT T 60 Service .............6-. 61 Administration............. 11 Organization and Freight Forwarders, Water Management .......... 11 Property Commission Budget....... 12 Brokers, and Pipelines. .... 63 Fiscal Year 1991 Appropriations ......... 12 intermodal Transportation. ... 66 Salaries and Expenses panueeeeas 12 Energy and Environment..... 67 Payments for Directed Rail Ru Fee ee 67 Rail Line Constructions.... . 68 Service Appropriation . 12 Finance Transactions ...... 69 Rail Line Abandonments. . 70 Legisiation................ 15 Historic Review Process . . 70 Hearings and Comments on Trails and Public Use/ Legisiation............ 15 Public Assistance ....... 71 Other Legislative Proposals... 17 Variffe.... 6. eee 73 Railroads ................. 23 informal Rate Cases....... 73 Financial Condition ....... 23 Securities .............. 23 Permission Board ....... 73 and Acquisitions........ 23 Financial ght. ee. 75 Labor issues ............ 27 Accounting and Reporting 75 Short Line and Regional Cost and Financial Railroads ............. 30 Analysis.............4. 76 Abandonments........... 31 Cost Development........ 77 Constructions ........... 35 PPTEee eee 77 Rates ..2.... .. 2c .ee e 37 Joint Rate Surcharges, Enforcement .........- . 81 Cancellations, and Household Goods Competitive Access ..... 41 ee 81 Freight Car Service........ 42 Small Business Protection... 82 Directed Service.......... 43 Unauthorized Transportation Passenger Service ........ 44 by Mexican Owned or Controlled Motor Carriers . 83 Trucking Companies ........ «7 Frauduient .ctivity........ 83 Financial Condition. ....... 47 Unsafe or Uninsured Mergers and Unificatiuns 43 Operations............ 84 Rates and Rate Bureaus 49 Operating Rights ......... 52 Court Actions.............. 86 ., PRRTERTETECELILES 54 Railroad Issues........... 86 Foreign Carriers.......... 54 Other sues ............ 88 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL April 4, 1992 To the Congress of the United States: It is my pleasure to submit the one hundred and fifth Annual Report of the interstate Commerce Commission. The report covers the fiscal year ended September 30, 1991, except in the discussion of significant actions that transcend the 12-month period, or where necessary to conform to various statistical analyses. The statement of appropriations and aggregate expenditures for the fiscal year appears in Appendix D. Edward J. Philbin, Chairman 4 THE COMMISSION (As of September 30, 1991) Term Expires Appointed _ Dec. 31 Chairman Edward J. Philbin (R) California 1990 1993 Vice Chairman Edward M. Emmett (R) Texas 1989 1992 Commissioners J. J. Simmons Ili (0) Oklahoma 1984 1995 Karen Borlaug Phillips (R) Virginia 1988 1996 Gail Clements McDonaid (D) Oklahoma 1990 1994 During the fiscal year, President Bush reznopointed Commissioner J. J. Sim- mons lll, to another five-year term. The Ser ate confirmed the renomination on March 20, 1991, and Commissioner Simmons took his third oath-of-office on April 16, 1991, in a White House ceremony. Also during the fiscal year, President Bush renominated Commissioner Karen Borlaug Phillips to another five-year term. She was confirmed by the Senate on November 22, 1991, and took her second oath-of-office on December 5, 1991. The Commissioners: From the left, Commissioner Karen Borlaug Phillips, Vice Chairman Ed- ward M. Emmett, Chairman Edward J. Philbin, Commissioner J. J. Simmons Ili, and Com- missioner Gail Clements McDonald. Funcatnd iResoponnsibsili ty fulfillment of the Commission's The Interstate Commerce Com- mission (ICC) is an independent Fed- madahany eaporataiioen, tea1 0 ef. a pruchdod tei nstt ron nadie ofc ht. pers, receivers, and consumers. The ICC today maintajuirinsdsic - During the Fiscal Year, the Com- tion over some 52,000 for-hire compa- mission's activities were carried out through an organizational structure consisting of the Commission's bureaus and offices, as follows: wai dtemuitends Office of Congressional and ers each with a five-year term of office. Legislative Affairs develops and How the ICC Operates maintains cooperative relations with Congress; performs liaison activities The Commissioners supervise all of the ICC's activities, and delegate specific authority to the Commission's bureanad ouffisce s. As the exechueadt ofi tvhe eCo m- mission, the Chairman coordinateasn d organizes the agency's work and acts as its represeinn ltegaisltatiivev meat - ters and in relations with other govern- economic and statistical analyses of mental bodies. In addition, the Chair- the transportation industries and pro- man geneisr reaspolnsilbley fo r: vides economic advice to the Commis- 1. Overall Commission management sion. The Office d 2termines and applies and operations; uniform accounting and reporting rules; 2. Formulation of plans and policies reviews various financial reports; ana- designed to ensure Commissioenf - lyzes cost, economic, engineering, and fectaind vthee anble eadmsinisstr a- financial evidence submitted by parties tion of the InterCsomtmearcet eAc t; in cases before the Commission; com- 3. Identiatnd irecsolautiton ioof mnaj or piles and publishes transportation regulatory problems; and, statistics and cost studies; conducts 4. Development and utilization of ef- audits of pertinent records of trans- fective, expert staff support for the portation firms; and ensures that energy on the nature and status of such problems; contritbo uthte epusbli c interest record inC ommicassess; iando asnsis ts individuals, consumer groups, small commusnmalli shtippierse, ass w,ell as FISCAL YEAR 1991 IN REVIEW The Year in Review is a list of significant actions taken by the Commis- sion during fiscal year 1991. seat tad ceamin O08 dle 0 an 1990 line and 264 miles of incidenttraaclk - age rights from Norfolk & Western Rail- way Company and to Wertheim Sch& rCompoanyd toe contrinue in 4 Commission finds that it, rather control of the Wheeling & Lake Erie than the Federal Energy Regulatory Railway Company. rwe amount for capitalizoaf traiilornoa d the passage of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980. The report concludes that the av- cific to acquire trackage rights over the erage inflation-adjusted rail rate level Chicago & North Western between has fallen 24.6 percent since enactment Freemont, Nebraska, Council Bluffs, of the Act. The overall rail rate declined lowa, and Chicago, Illinois. 2.8 percent from 1988 to 1989, the most recent period which data are available. DECEMBER 21 Cuvmmission propotso eredsuc e 5 Commission denies reopening the reporting burden on railroads by Com- eliminating and certain sched- ules in Annual Report Form R-1 and by elimceritainn peariotdic irepnort gfor ms. 23 Commisusbmists itwoo lengisi a- 20 Commission exempts shipper tive proposals to Congress dealing with lowa Power, Inc.'s proposal to con- further of the motocrar - struct and operate a line of railroed to rier industry. One is a broad effort to provide alternative rail access, subject strethe aICC'ms rleguliatorny reesp on- to completion of the environmental re- sibilities over the trucking industry while view process. the other is less expansive and calls for