Changes in rates; application for special permission

Sec. 31. APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL PERMISSION. (a) Reductions in rates and charges and establishment of new rates and charges

on less than statutory notice; waiver of requirements of these regulations. The Act authorizes the Commission in its discretion and for good cause

shown to permit reductions in or the establishment of new rates or charges on less than statutory notice, and also to permit departure from the

Commission's regulations. This authority will be exercised only in cases where actual emergency and real merit are shown. Commercial competition

or the desire to meet the rates of a competing carrier that has given statutory notice for reduced rates or for the establishment of new rates and charges

will not of itself be regarded as cause for permitting changes in rates or other provisions on less than statutory notice. Clerical or typographical errors

in schedules constitute good cause for the exercise of this authority, but every application based thereon must plainly specify the error, together with

a full statement of the attending circumstances and must be presented with reasonable promptness after publication of the defective

schedule.

(b) Form of application. Applications shall be submitted in duplicate on paper either 8 x 11 inches or 8 1/2 x 11 inches in substantially

the form set forth in this paragraph and shall furnish all pertinent information. They should be numbered consecutively and must bear the signature

and title of the owner or of an officer or duly authorized representative of the carrier.

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(Address)

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(Date)

TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF INDIANA

901 STATE OFFICE BUILDING

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46204

APPLICATION NO.____

____, by____

(Name of Carrier)

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(Name of Carrier)

By____

(Name and title)

Verification:

The above statement was subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of ____, 19____.

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(Notary Public)

(c) Partial use of authority prohibited. The authority granted by special permission, if used, must be used in its entirety and in the manner

set forth in the order of special permission. If it is not desired to use all of the authority granted, and less or more extensive or different authority

is desired, a new application complying with the provisions of this rule in all respects and referring to the previous permission must be

filed.

(d) Proposed provisions. The proposed provisions shall be set forth clearly and completely in the Application. An accompanying exhibit

may be used if identified by letter, such as "Exhibit A," and so referred to in the application. If the proposed provisions consist of rates, all points

of origin and destination must be shown or definitely indicated; if permission is sought to establish a rule, the exact wording of the proposed rule

must be given.

(e) P.S.C.I. numbers to be shown. The application shall show P.S.C.I. numbers of the schedules in which the proposed rates, rules or other

provisions will be published. If publication is to be made in schedules already referred to, that shall be stated.

(f) Rates desired to be changed. The application shall set forth the rates or provisions which it is desired to change. Where the matter to

be shown is voluminous or for other reasons difficult of presentation, it shall be included in any accompanying exhibit, properly identified and

referred to in the application. Reference shall be made by P.S.C.I. number, supplement number and item or page number to the schedules in which

rates or provisions to be superseded are published. The extent to which cancellations will be made must be definitely indicated.

(g) Carriers, schedule or tariff numbers, notifications, advisements and objections. Where changes in rates or practices or where new rates

or practices are proposed, applications should name the carriers, and specify by P.S.C.I. or I.R.C. number the schedules or tariffs maintaining

corresponding rates or other provisions. Applications should also state whether those carriers have been notified of the application, including any

short-notice features. Applications to establish on less than thirty days' notice schedules to cover temporary operating authority granted under the

authority of Section 28a of the Act should show that common carriers or their tariff publishing agents as well as contract carriers maintaining

corresponding rates or other provisions have been advised of the proposals. All applications shall state what objections or other views have been

expressed by the carriers so notified. The Commission must obtain information of the types mentioned before acting upon requests for tariff-circular

relief or short notice; and applications will be handled with materially more speed when the carriers in filing their applications are careful to furnish

the facts requested.

(h) Special circumstances. Applications shall state the special circumstances or unusual conditions relied upon as justifying the requested

permission, together with any related facts or circumstances which may aid the Commission in determining whether the requested permission is

justified. If permission to establish provisions on less than statutory notice is sought, the petitioner shall state why the proposed provisions could

not have been established upon thirty days' notice.