[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 26, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 52871-52873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16771]
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Vol. 85
Wednesday,
No. 166
August 26, 2020
Part XXX
Surface Transportation Board
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
49 CFR Ch. X
[STB Ex Parte No. 536 (Sub-No. 48)]
Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
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SUMMARY: The Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board is publishing
the Regulatory Flexibility Agenda for spring 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A contact person is identified for
each of the rules listed below.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5
U.S.C. 601 et seq., sets forth a number of requirements for agency
rulemaking. Among other things, the RFA requires that, semiannually,
each agency shall publish in the Federal Register a Regulatory
Flexibility Agenda, which shall contain:
(1) A brief description of the subject area of any rule that the
agency expects to propose or promulgate, which is likely to have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities;
(2) A summary of the nature of any such rule under consideration
for each subject area listed in the agenda pursuant to paragraph (1),
the objectives and legal basis for the issuance of the rule, and an
approximate schedule for completing action on any rule for which the
agency has issued a general notice of proposed rulemaking; and
(3) The name and telephone number of an agency official
knowledgeable about the items listed in paragraph (1).
Accordingly, a list of proceedings appears below containing
information about subject areas in which the Board is currently
conducting rulemaking proceedings or may institute such proceedings in
the near future. It also contains information about existing
regulations being reviewed to determine whether to propose
modifications through rulemaking.
The agenda represents the Chairman's best estimate of rules that
may be considered over the next 12 months, but does not necessarily
reflect the views of any other individual Board Member. However,
section 602(d) of the RFA, 5 U.S.C. 602(d), provides: ``Nothing in
[section 602] precludes an agency from considering or acting on any
matter not included in a Regulatory Flexibility Agenda or requires an
agency to consider or act on any matter listed in such agenda.''
The Chairman is publishing the agency's Regulatory Flexibility
Agenda for spring 2020 as part of the Unified Agenda of Federal
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). The Unified
Agenda is coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
pursuant to Executive Orders 12866 and 13563. The Board is
participating voluntarily in the program to assist OMB and has included
rulemaking proceedings in the Unified Agenda beyond those required by
the RFA.
Dated: March 4, 2020.
By the Board, Chairman Begeman.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
Surface Transportation Board--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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388....................... Review of Commodity, 2140-AB29
Boxcar, and TOFC/COFC
Exemptions, EP 704 (Sub-
No. 1).
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Surface Transportation Board--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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389....................... Exclusion of Demurrage 2140-AB48
Regulation From Certain
Class Exemptions, EP 760.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD (STB)
Long-Term Actions
388. Review of Commodity, Boxcar, and TOFC/COFC Exemptions, EP 704
(Sub-No. 1)
E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent agency.
Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 10502; 49 U.S.C. 13301
Abstract: The Board proposed to revoke the class exemptions for the
rail transportation of: (1) Crushed or broken stone or riprap; (2)
hydraulic cement; and (3) coke produced from coal, primary iron or
steel products, and iron or steel scrap, wastes, or tailings. On March
19, 2019, the Board issued a decision waiving the prohibition on ex
parte communications in this proceeding and providing a 90-day period
for meetings with Board members.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 03/28/16 81 FR 17125
NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/26/16
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 08/26/16
Next Action Undetermined............
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Amy Ziehm, Branch Chief, Office of Proceedings,
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-
0001, Phone: 202 245-0391, Email: amy.ziehm@stb.gov.
Francis O'Connor, Deputy Director, Office of Economics, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001,
Phone: 202 245-0331, Email: francis.o'connor@stb.gov.
RIN: 2140-AB29
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD (STB)
Completed Actions
389. Exclusion of Demurrage Regulation From Certain Class Exemptions,
EP 760
E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent agency.
Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 10502; 49 U.S.C. 13301
Abstract: The Board adopted rules to clarify its regulations
governing exemptions for certain miscellaneous commodities and boxcar
transportation so that those regulations unambiguously state that
demurrage continues to be subject to Board regulation. The Board
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also revoked, in part, the exemption that currently covers certain
agricultural commodities so that the exemption would not apply to the
regulation of demurrage, thereby making the agricultural commodities
exemption consistent with similar exemptions covering non-intermodal
transportation.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 10/15/19 84 FR 55109
NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/06/19
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 12/06/19
Final Rule.......................... 03/04/20 85 FR 12749
Final Rule Effective................ 04/03/20
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Amy Ziehm, Branch Chief, Office of Proceedings,
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-
0001, Phone: 202 245-0391, Email: amy.ziehm@stb.gov.
RIN: 2140-AB48
[FR Doc. 2020-16771 Filed 8-25-20; 8:45 am]
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