CSMS Message: 02-001504

Title:UPDATED RAIL LINE RELEASE PROGRAMMING
Date:2002-11-08
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TO: BROKERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED

FROM: JUDY PENDER-RUTLEDGE
NORTHERN BORDER RAIL AMS LEAD

SUBJECT: UPDATED RAIL LINE RELEASE PROGRAMMING

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT UPDATE LINE RELEASE PROGRAMMING IS SCHEDULED
TO MOVE TO PRODUCTION ON NOVEMBER 13, 2002. THE LINE RELEASE PROBLEMS
WITH DUPLICATE ENTRIES WILL BE CORRECTED. ALSO, LINE RELEASE NOT
RUNNING ON A TRAIN DUE TO THE FACT THAT ONE BILL HAS AN INACTIVE C-4 OR
NO ENTRY NUMBERS WILL NOW GENERATE AN ERROR AND THEN CONTINUE
PROCESSING LINE RELEASE ON THE TRAIN.
ALSO THE FOLLOWING WILL OCCUR:

- ENTRY NUMBERS WILL BE CREATED FOR ALL COMPLIANCE EXAMS. THE ENTRY
NUMBER WILL BE SENT IN A STATUS NOTIFICATION (350) TO RAIL CARRIERS AND
A STATUS NOTIFICATION (NS) TO THE ABI FILER. THE DISPOSITION CODE WILL
BE '1M' FOR MESSAGE. THE 'ENT TYP' WILL BE '89 OTHER'.
THE REMARKS WILL BE 'COMP EXAM, C4 -XXXXXXXOOOOXXX REJECTED USE BCS'.
- FOR CODE '25' (SINGLE ENTRY FOR BILL) ONLY ONE (1) TRANSACTION WILL
BE GENERATED WHEN ANY OF THE C4 CODES ON THAT BILL 'HITS' FOR A
COMPLIANCE EXAM. THIS WILL PUT THE ENTIRE BILL QUANTITY IN THE AMENDED
QUANTITY FIELD AND THE BROKER WILL FILE ONE (1) ENTRY NUMBER THROUGH
BCS FOR THE BILL.
- CODE 24 - MULTIPLE ENTRIES. NOTIFICATIONS ARE GENERATED EACH TIME
THE C4 HITS FOR A COMPLIANCE EXAM.
- CODE 25 - SINGLE ENTRY PER BILL. IF ANY OF THE C4 CODES ON THE
BILLS HITS FOR A COMPLIANCE EXAM THEN THE ONLY NOTIFICATION THAT WILL BE
CREATED IS THE POST TYPE '99 USCS MESSAGE' 'COMP EXAM, C4 - REJECTED USE
BCS FOR THE ENTIRE BILL'.
- CODE 26 - UNIT TRAIN. IF A C4 HITS FOR AN EXAM THEN 'COMP EXAM, C4 -
REJECTED USE BCS' SHOULD BE GENERATED. THIS COULD MEAN THAT LINE
RELEASE COULD RELEASE SOME OF THE BILLS ON THE TRAIN AND THEN OTHER
BILLS WILL BE REQUIRED TO USE A DIFFERENT ENTRY NUMBER WITH BCS.
- FOR UNIT TRAINS ALL OF THE BILLS THAT ARE CLEARED WILL HAVE ONE (1)
ENTRY NUMBER AND THEN THE BILLS SELECTED FOR A COMPLIANCE EXAM WILL
HAVE A SECOND ENTRY NUMBER, WHICH THE BROKER WILL HAVE TO FILE BCS ON
FOR THOSE BILLS. THIS WILL MEAN ONLY 2 ENTRIES FOR A UNIT TRAIN.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS PLEASE CALL:
JUDY PENDER-RUTLEDGE
NORTHERN BORDER RAIL AMS LEAD
703-921-7079
OR
AL BUSIC
ABI CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE CHICAGO
312-983-1376