Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

Published date24 June 2019
Citation84 FR 29789
Record Number2019-11692
SectionProposed rules
CourtSurface Transportation Board
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 121 (Monday, June 24, 2019)
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                SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
                49 CFR Ch. X
                [STB Ex Parte No. 536 (Sub-No. 46)]
                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 2019.
                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 2019 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: February 27, 2019.
                 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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                349....................... Review of Commodity, 2140-AB29
                 Boxcar, and TOFC/COFC
                 Exemptions, EP 704 (Sub-
                 No. 1).
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                SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD (STB)
                Long-Term Actions
                349. 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.
                 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: [email protected].
                 Francis O'Connor, Section Chief, Chemical & Agricultural
                Transportation, Office of Economics, Surface Transportation Board, 395
                E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001, Phone: 202 245-0331, Email:
                francis.o'[email protected].
                 RIN: 2140-AB29
                [FR Doc. 2019-11692 Filed 6-21-19; 8:45 am]
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