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ACC: Competitive switching a first step toward opening up freight rail to free market forces
The Surface Transportation Board should adopt competitive switching reforms to reintroduce some free market forces that have been lost through past railroad mergers. That's according to a statement given today before the STB by the American Chemistry Council. Specifically, ACC advocated for the National Industrial Transportation League's competitive switching reform proposal -- noting that the lack of freight rail competition is harming U.S. chemical manufacturers. The NITL proposal would require a Class I railroad to allow a shipper or receiver to have its freight moved to a competing rail line in certain circumstances. The shipper or receiver would have to demonstrate its facility is eligible for competitive switching and pay an appropriate fee. Learn more.

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