2028 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2018 / Unified Agenda 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

49 CFR Ch. X 

[STB Ex Parte No. 536 (Sub-No. 43)] 

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board is publishing the Acting 

Chairman’s agenda of rulemaking 

actions pursuant to the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA) (Pub. L. 96–354, 

94 Stat. 1164) (Sep. 19, 1980). The items 

listed in the Regulatory Flexibility 

Agenda for fall 2017 reflect the 

priorities of the Acting Chairman of the 

Surface Transportation Board and do 

not necessarily reflect the priorities of 

any other individual Board Member. 

Listed below are the regulatory 

actions to be developed or reviewed 

during the next 12 months. Following 

each rule identified is a brief 

description of the rule, including its 

purpose and legal basis. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

contact person is identified for each of 

the rules listed below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 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 Acting 

Chairman’s best estimate of rules that 

will be considered over the next 12 

months. 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 Acting Chairman is publishing 

the agency’s Regulatory Flexibility 

Agenda for fall 2017 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 Acting Chairman 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: September 18, 2017. 

By the Board, Acting Chairman Begeman. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

498 .................... Review of Commodity, Boxcar, and TOFC/COFC Exemptions, EP 704 (Sub-No. 1) .................................... 2140–AB29 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

(STB) 

Long-Term Actions 

498. Review of Commodity, Boxcar, and 

TOFC/COFC Exemptions, EP 704 (SubNo. 1) 

E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent 

agency. 

Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 10502; 49 

U.S.C. 13301 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Board is proposing to revoke the class 

exemptions for the rail transportation of: 

(1) Crushed or broken stone or rip-rap; 

(2) hydraulic cement; and (3) coke 

produced from coal, primary iron or 

steel products, and iron or steel scrap, 

wastes, or tailings. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

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.

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Scott M. 

Zimmerman, Deputy Director, Office of 

Proceedings, Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 

20423–0001, Phone: 202 245–0386, 

Email: scott.zimmerman@stb.gov. 

Francis O’Connor, Section Chief, 

Chemical & Agricultural Transportation, 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001, 

Phone: 202 245–0331, Email: 

francis.o’connor@stb.gov. 

RIN: 2140–AB29 

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