Re: SMART train tax heads to ballot
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Date: 07-19-2008 - 13:29
"Dump NCRA?" Ain't going to happen unless NWP Inc. agrees to surrender its federal "certificate of public convenience and necessity." STB transferred the certificate to NWP Inc. and will aggressively act protect its exclusive rights to say who will and will not operate a railroad, not to mention preemption of all other local, state and federal law by the Interstate Commerce Act. STB is similarly disinterested in the nature, or even existence, of any kind of agreement with the property owner – that's the property owner's personal problem. If anything, it may be more likely STB would enjoin SMART from interfering with the freight service.