Section 1152.2 - DefinitionsUnless otherwise provided in the text of the regulations, the following definitions apply in this part:
(a)Account means an account in the Board's Uniform System of Accounts for Railroad Companies (49 CFR part 1201).(b)Act means the ICC Termination Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803), as amended.(c)Base year means the latest 12-month period, ending no earlier than 6 months prior to the filing of the abandonment or discontinuance application, for which data have been collected at the branch level as prescribed in § 1152.30(b) .(d)Board means the Surface Transportation Board.(e)Branch means a segment of line for which an application for abandonment or discontinuance, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10903 , has been filed.(f)Carrier means a railroad company or the trustee or trustees of a railroad company subject to regulation under 49 U.S.C., Subtitle IV, chapter 105.(g)Designated state agency means the instrumentality created by a state or designated by appropriate authority to administer or coordinate its state rail plan.(h)Forecast Year means the 12-month period, beginning with the first day of the month in which the application is filed with the Board, for which future revenues and costs are estimated.(i)Form R-1 means the railroad's annual report filed with the Board in accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11145 .(j)Offeror means a shipper, a state, the United States, a local or regional transportation authority, or any financially responsible person offering rail service continuation assistance under 49 U.S.C. 10904 .(k)URCS means the Uniform Railroad Costing System.(l)Significant user means:(1) Each of the 10 rail patrons which originated and/or received the largest number of carloads (or each patron if there are less than 10); and(2) Any other rail patron which originated and/or received 50 or more carloads, on the line proposed for abandonment or discontinuance, during the 12-month period preceding the month in which notice is given of the abandonment or discontinuance application.(m)Subsidy year means any 12-month period for which a subsidy agreement has been negotiated and is in operation.