Agricultural Transportation Problems: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, On Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session ... April, 30, 1998U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 - 112 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 72 - That it is necessary for the national defense and for the proper growth of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion of its commerce and serve as a naval or military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency...
Σελίδα 15 - The legitimate object of government is "to do for the people what needs to be done, but which they cannot, by individual effort, do at all, or do so well, for themselves.
Σελίδα 102 - ... (8) to operate transportation facilities and equipment without detriment to the public health and safety; (9) to encourage honest and efficient management of railroads; (10) to require rail carriers, to the maximum extent practicable, to rely on individual rate increases, and to limit the use of increases of general applicability...
Σελίδα 105 - Board in lieu thereof) and indexed quarterly to account for current wage and price levels in the region in which the carrier operates, with adjustments specified by the Board. A rail carrier may meet its burden of proof under this subsection by establishing its variable costs in accordance with this paragraph, but a shipper may rebut that showing by evidence of such type, and in accordance with such burden of proof, as the Board shall prescribe. (2) A finding by the Board that a rate charged by a...
Σελίδα 102 - ... (12) to prohibit predatory pricing and practices, to avoid undue concentrations of market power, and to prohibit unlawful discrimination; (13) to ensure the availability of accurate cost information in regulatory proceedings, while minimizing the burden on rail carriers of developing and maintaining the capability of providing such information...
Σελίδα 103 - In determining whether a rate established by a rail carrier is reasonable for purposes of this section, the Board shall give due consideration to — (A) the amount of traffic which is transported at revenues which do not contribute to going concern value and the efforts made to minimize such traffic; (B) the amount of traffic which contributes only marginally to fixed costs and the extent to which, if any, rates on...
Σελίδα 103 - ... provide the transportation or service on reasonable request. A rail carrier shall not be found to have violated this section because it fulfills its reasonable commitments under contracts authorized under section 10709 of this title before responding to reasonable requests for service. Commitments which deprive a carrier of its ability to respond to reasonable requests for common carrier service are not reasonable.
Σελίδα 75 - Greater emphasis in regulation and rate-making needs to be devoted to the quality of service, including time lag in delivery, the type of equipment provided to minimize damage or loss, ani other such factors. We urge the elimination of discriminatory railroad rates between geographic areas of the country.
Σελίδα 7 - The Status of Insurance Restitution for Holocaust Victims and Their Heirs." November 8, 2001 Thank you, Mr. Chairman for holding this important hearing today. I would also like to thank the...
Σελίδα 105 - ... of this title, with adjustments specified by the Commission. A rail carrier may meet its burden of proof under this subsection by establishing its variable costs in accordance with such section...