Transportation Information Regulations

10 (1) A class I rail carrier that transports freight must provide to the Minister financial and operating information for the rail carrier’s Canadian operations, in respect of each quarterly and annual reporting period, that consists of the rail carrier’s unaudited financial statement that is prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles.

(2) A class I rail carrier that transports freight must provide to the Minister rail traffic information, in duplicate, in respect of each quarterly and annual reporting period, that consists of a statement that indicates

• (a) the code that identifies the rail carrier and the last two digits of the year in which the transportation takes place;

• (b) whether the rail carrier transports freight that is

  • (i) transferred to another rail carrier,

  • (ii) tranferred from another rail carrier,

  • (iii) for a portion of the transport in Canada, where the transport begins and ends in the United States,

  • (iv) transferred from a vessel, based on the rail origin,

  • (v) transferred to a vessel, based on the rail destination,

  • (vi) transferred from a truck, based on the rail origin, or

  • (vii) transferred to a truck, based on the rail destination;

• (c) the geographic location code, where the transport began or ended in Canada, the alphanumeric code that identifies the province or the state in which the transport began or ended, and, if applicable, the geographic location code of the junction at which freight is transferred to or from another rail carrier, the code that identifies that rail carrier and the code that identifies the rail carrier on which the transport began or ended;

• (d) the alphanumeric code that identifies imports and exports, the code that identifies the border crossing location, the standard transportation commodity code, the code that identifies the type of equipment used, the number of carloads and the commodity tonnage;

• (e) the gross waybill revenue, the portion of the waybill revenue received by the rail carrier that provides the information, the miles in respect of which the gross waybill revenue was derived, the two-digit commodity code and, if applicable, the code that identifies dangerous goods, the gross tonnage of any grain that is transported and an intermodal traffic indicator;

• (f) in the case of the movement of grain, the gross tonnage of the grain transported each month; and

• (g) in the case of the transportation of dangerous goods, the UN number assigned to the goods by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods or the hazardous materials commodity code assigned to the goods by the United States Bureau of Explosives.

(3) Class I rail carriers that transport freight must provide to the Minister, rail traffic density information, in duplicate, in respect of each annual reporting period, including

• (a) the gross ton miles per mile of track on segments between stations, aggregated to comprise subdivisions; and

• (b) the number of multiple tracks in each segment between stations and the length of the segment in miles of track.

(4) A class I rail carrier that transports freight must provide to the Minister railway costs and rate determination information, as well as supporting information, for the rail carrier’s Canadian operations, in respect of each annual reporting period, including

• (a) average long-term variable costs for the rail system;

• (b) operating statistics for the rail system and rail cost centres and by equipment type and type of service; and

• (c) operating expenses for the rail system and rail cost centres and by equipment type and type of service.