IV. Cross-references to General Provisions

Article 2 sets forth rules governing the filing of all documents, including for example requirements regarding form, size, signatures, and service. These rules are cross-referenced in certain other rules on a sporadic basis. In order to streamline the rules, to avoid ambiguity as to whether Article 2 applies to documents whose governing rules do not explicitly reference Article 2, and to do so in the most efficient fashion, we propose to delete cross-references to the rules contained in Article 2.

Similarly, Article 4 sets forth rules governing the filing of applications. These rules, in whole or in part, are cross-referenced on a sporadic basis in other rules regarding particular applications. We propose to delete cross-references to the general rules governing the filing of applications.

We also propose to repeal Article 11, captioned "Other Applications or Petitions," as it is redundant (Article 4 speaks to applications generally) or outdated (the transportation minimum rates addressed in Rules 42.1 and 42.2 no longer exist).

Affected rule:	New rule:
Rule 10	Article 1 Rule 4.2
Rule 13.1	Article 1 Rule 4.4
Rule 14.5	Article 1 Rule 6.2
Rule 14.6	Article 1
Rule 14.7	Article 1 Rule 6.3
Rule 15	Article 1 Article 2 Rule 2.1 Rule 3.4
Rule 18	Article 1 Article 2 Rule 3.1
Rule 21	Article 1 Article 2 Rule 3.3
Rule 23	Article 1 Article 2 Rule 3.2(a)
Rule 33	Article 1 Article 2 Rule 3.5(a-e)
Rule 35	Article 1 Article 2 Rule 2.1(d) Rule 3.6(a-d)
Rule 37	Article 1 Article 2 Rule 3.6(h)
Rule 42	Article 1 Article 2
Rule 43.2	Article 1 Article 2
Rule 43.8	Article 1 Article 2
Rule 44.1	Article 1 Rule 2.6(a)
Rule 44.3	Article 1 Rule 2.6(a)
Rule 44.6	Article 1 Rule 2.6(e)
Rule 45	Article 1 Rule 1.2 Rule 1.4 Rule 11.1
Rule 47	Article 1 Rule 16.4 Rule 16.5
Rule 51.1	Article 1 Rule 12.1
Rule 51.3	Article 1
Rule 77.2	Article 1 Rule 11.5 Rule 14.3
Rule 77.6	Article 1 Rule 14.1(d) Rule 14.3 Rule 14.6