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($275 application fee for common carrier of general commodities);
Or. Rev. Stat. sec. 825.180 (1995) ($300 application fee for for-
hire carrier in intrastate commerce). We do not find that the
value of the pre-1995 operating authority as a substitute for a
new general permit was material.
Nor do we agree with respondent's argument that petitioner
did not sustain the loss in 1994 as petitioner "relied on its
operating authorities (recognized as interim permits) to conduct
business on and after January 1, 1995 [sic] and until it received
replacement permits."
In 1995, the pre-1995 operating authorities were held as
interim permits, which were substitutes for the new general
permits while the holders waited for the States to issue the new
permits. Thus, an interim permit was merely evidence that the
holder could operate legally in the State until the new permits
were issued.
Furthermore, the FAAAA terminated State economic regulation
of intrastate transportation; therefore, States could not provide
that holders of the pre-1995 operating authorities would continue
to have the valuable right to intervene in the application
process after December 31, 1994. Thus, an interim permit did not
represent an extension of a pre-1995 operating authority; it was
no more than a substitute for a new general permit, the cost of
which was minimal.
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