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1Tare weights are used in URCS to calculate gross 

ton-mile costs, while loss and damage data are used 

to calculate the total variable shipment costs of each 

rail movement. The Railroad Cost Program User 

Manual is available on the Board’s website at 

www.stb.gov/reports-data/uniform-rail-costingsystem/. 

https://www.regulations.gov and at the 

EPA Region 10 Office (please contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

preamble for more information). 

VI. Statutory and Executive Orders 

Review 

Under the CAA, redesignation of an 

area to attainment and the 

accompanying approval of a 

maintenance plan under section 

107(d)(3)(E) are actions that affect the 

status of a geographical area and do not 

impose any additional regulatory 

requirements on sources beyond those 

imposed by state law. A redesignation to 

attainment does not in and of itself 

create any new requirements, but rather 

results in the applicability of 

requirements contained in the CAA for 

areas that have been redesignated to 

attainment. Moreover, the Administrator 

is required to approve a SIP submittal 

that complies with the provisions of the 

CAA and applicable Federal regulations. 

42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). 

Thus, in reviewing SIP submittals, 

EPA’s role is to approve State choices, 

provided that they meet the criteria of 

the CAA. Accordingly, this proposed 

action merely proposes to approve a 

State plan as meeting Federal 

requirements and does not impose 

additional requirements beyond those 

already imposed by State law. For that 

reason, this proposed action: 

• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ subject to review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, 

January 21, 2011); 

• Does not impose an information 

collection burden under the provisions 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.); 

• Is certified as not having a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

• Does not contain any unfunded 

mandate or significantly or uniquely 

affect small governments, as described 

in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4); 

• Does not have federalism 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999); 

• Is not an economically significant 

regulatory action based on health or 

safety risks subject to Executive Order 

13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997); 

• Is not a significant regulatory action 

subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 

28355, May 22, 2001); 

• Is not subject to requirements of 

Section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA; and 

• Does not provide EPA with the 

discretionary authority to address, as 

appropriate, disproportionate human 

health or environmental effects, using 

practicable and legally permissible 

methods, under Executive Order 12898 

(59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). 

In addition, the SIP is not approved 

to apply on any Indian reservation land 

or in any other area where EPA or an 

Indian tribe has demonstrated that a 

tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of 

Indian country, this rule does not have 

tribal implications as specified by 

Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, 

November 9, 2000). 

List of Subjects 

40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

40 CFR Part 81 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, National parks, 

Wilderness areas. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: April 25, 2022. 

Michelle L. Pirzadeh, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09254 Filed 5–6–22; 8:45 am] 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

49 CFR Part 1249 

[Docket No. EP 769] 

Uniform Railroad Costing System 

(URCS) Data Reporting 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board proposes a rule to codify a 

longstanding voluntary practice 

whereby Class I carriers, through the 

Association of American Railroads 

(AAR), have annually reported tare 

weight and loss and damage data for use 

in the Board’s Uniform Railroad Costing 

System. Under the Board’s proposal, 

Class I carriers may choose whether to 

provide tare weight and loss and 

damage data through AAR or file the 

data individually. 

DATES: Comments are due by June 13, 

2022. Reply comments are due by June 

28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and replies may 

be filed with the Board via e-filing. 

Written comments and replies will be 

posted to the Board’s website at 

www.stb.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pedro Ramirez at (202) 245–0333. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

is authorized, under 49 U.S.C. 11161, to 

maintain cost accounting rules for rail 

carriers. In 1989, the Board’s 

predecessor, the Interstate Commerce 

Commission, adopted the Uniform 

Railroad Costing System (URCS) as its 

general purpose costing system. 

Adoption of the Unif. R.R. Costing Sys. 

as a Gen. Purpose Costing Sys. for All 

Regul. Costing Purposes, 5 I.C.C.2d 894 

(1989), 54 FR 38910 (September 21, 

1989). The Board uses URCS for a 

variety of regulatory functions. URCS is 

used in rate reasonableness proceedings 

as part of the initial market dominance 

determination, and at later stages is 

used in parts of the Board’s 

determination as to whether the 

challenged rate is reasonable, and, when 

warranted, the maximum rate 

prescription. URCS is also used to, 

among other things, develop variable 

costs for making cost determinations in 

abandonment proceedings, to provide 

the railroad industry and shippers with 

a standardized costing model, to cost 

the Board’s Carload Waybill Sample to 

develop industry cost information, and 

to provide interested parties with basic 

cost information regarding railroad 

industry operations. 

As a longstanding practice, the 

Association of American Railroads 

(AAR) has collected from Class I 

carriers, and voluntarily provided 

annually to the Board, tare weight and 

loss and damage data for use in URCS. 

While the Board appreciates AAR’s 

longstanding voluntary practice, to 

ensure the continued availability of the 

data, which are essential components of 

URCS,1 the Board proposes to formalize 

that reporting requirement and require 

Class I carriers to provide tare weight 


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2AAR car type codes include freight car types 

and intermodal equipment: 

A—Equipped box car, B—Unequipped box car, 

C—Covered hopper car, D—Locomotive, E— 

Equipped gondola, F—Flat car, G—Unequipped 

gondola, H—Unequipped hopper, J—Gondola car, 

K—Equipped hopper car, L—Special type car, M— 

Maintenance of way, scale, passenger, caboose, and 

end-of-train information systems, P—Conventional 

intermodal car, Q—Lighter weight, low-profile 

intermodal car, R—Refrigerator car, S—tack car, T— 

Tank car, U—Container, V—Vehicular flat car, Z— 

Trailer. 

3Historically, AAR has not reported loss and 

damage expenses for Grand Trunk Corporation 

(including U.S. affiliates of Canadian National 

Railway Company) (CN) and Soo Line Corporation 

(including U.S. affiliates of Canadian Pacific 

Railway Company) (CP). As discussed, the Board’s 

proposed rule would require reporting from all 

Class I carriers either individually or through AAR. 

The Board’s collection of loss and damage expenses 

from CN and CP for inclusion in URCS, which uses 

industry-wide loss and damage information, would 

allow the Board to provide more accurate cost 

estimates. 

4OE would post the revised templates to the 

Board’s website and so notify the Class I carriers. 

5For purposes of the RFA analysis, the Board 

defines a small entity as only including those rail 

carriers classified as Class III carriers under 49 CFR 

part 1201, General Instruction 1–1. See Small Entity 

Size Standards Under the Regul. Flexibility Act, EP 

719 (STB served June 30, 2016), 81 FR 42566 (June 

30, 2016) (with Board Member Begeman 

dissenting). Class III carriers have annual operating 

revenues of $20 million or less in 1991 dollars 

($40,400,000 when adjusted for inflation using 2020 

data). Class II carriers have annual operating 

revenues of less than $250 million in 1991 dollars 

($900 million when adjusted for inflation using 

2020 data). The Board calculates the revenue 

deflator factor annually and publishes the railroad 

revenue thresholds on its website. 49 CFR part 

1201, General Instruction 1–1; Indexing the Ann. 

Operating Revenues of R.Rs., EP 748 (STB served 

July 12, 2021), 86 FR 36590 (July 12, 2021). 

and loss and damage data on an annual 

basis, as described below. The Board 

has the statutory authority to obtain data 

from carriers and associations under 49 

U.S.C. 11144 and 11145. 

The Board’s proposal is consistent 

with Class I carriers’ current and 

longstanding practice of providing 

summarized tare weight and loss and 

damage data to the Board through AAR. 

AAR’s practice has been to provide the 

average tare weight by AAR car type 

code 2 in tons and pounds, as well as the 

number of cars. Additionally, AAR has 

historically provided summarized 

annual loss and damage expenses 3 and 

the number of tons originated by 

commodity. Class I carriers are required 

to report, quarterly and annually, the 

number of tons originated on their rail 

lines by commodity through the freight 

commodity statistics (FCS) report. 49 

CFR 1248.2. AAR’s practice has been to 

provide the Board with its own version 

of the FCS report that aggregates data 

from the Class I carriers. AAR has also 

provided the loss and damage per ton, 

which is calculated by dividing loss and 

damage expenses by the number of tons 

originated by commodity. The Board 

proposes that Class I carriers may 

continue to provide tare weight and loss 

and damage data in this format. 

The Board proposes, as an alternative 

for Class I carriers, to allow those 

carriers to individually report tare 

weight and loss and damage data 

directly to the Board. Under this option, 

Class I carriers would provide the tare 

weight totals by AAR car type code in 

tons and pounds and the number of 

cars, and the Board would calculate the 

average tare weight. For loss and 

damage data, Class I carriers would 

provide their total annual loss and 

damage expenses, number of tons 

originated, and loss and damage per ton 

by commodity using the specific 

commodity groupings identified in the 

Annual Report of Loss and Damage Data 

(see App. C), and the Board would 

consolidate the data to calculate the loss 

and damage per ton for all Class I 

carriers. 

To ensure the timely availability of 

data for use in URCS, the Board 

proposes to require Class I carriers, 

either individually or through AAR, to 

file the annual tare weight and loss and 

damage data with the Board within 60 

days after the end of each calendar year. 

Additionally, to facilitate the prompt 

receipt of 2021 data for use in URCS this 

year, the Board proposes to require 

Class I carriers, either individually or 

through AAR, to file tare weight and 

loss and damage data for the year 2021 

within 30 days of the effective date of 

the final rule. To provide additional 

guidance, the Board proposes sample 

forms in Appendices B (for reporting 

through AAR) and C (for reporting 

individually) that Class I carriers may 

use to file tare weight and loss and 

damage data. The Board’s Office of 

Economics (OE) would make technical 

changes to the format of these forms in 

the future as necessary.4

The Board invites comments on the 

proposed rule. Comments will be due by 

June 13, 2022; replies will be due by 

June 28, 2022. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. The 

Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 

(RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601–612, generally 

requires a description and analysis of 

new rules that would have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. In drafting a 

rule, an agency is required to: (1) Assess 

the effect that its regulation will have on 

small entities, (2) analyze effective 

alternatives that may minimize a 

regulation’s impact, and (3) make the 

analysis available for public comment. 

Sections 601–604. In its notice of 

proposed rulemaking, the agency must 

either include an initial regulatory 

flexibility analysis, section 603(a), or 

certify that the proposed rule would not 

have a ‘‘significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities,’’ 

section 605(b). Because the goal of the 

RFA is to reduce the cost to small 

entities of complying with Federal 

regulations, the RFA requires an agency 

to perform a regulatory flexibility 

analysis of small entity impacts only 

when a rule directly regulates those 

entities. In other words, the impact must 

be a direct impact on small entities 

‘‘whose conduct is circumscribed or 

mandated’’ by the proposed rule. White 

Eagle Coop. v. Conner, 553 F.3d 467, 

480 (7th Cir. 2009). 

The proposed rule would not have a 

significant impact on a substantial 

number of small entities within the 

meaning of the RFA 5 because it is 

limited to Class I carriers. Accordingly, 

the Board certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) 

that this rule would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities as 

defined by the RFA. A copy of this 

decision will be served upon the Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy, Office of 

Advocacy, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Washington, DC 20416. 

Paperwork Reduction Act. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3521, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), and 

Appendix C, the Board seeks comment 

about the impact of the new collection 

for URCS Data Reporting (OMB Control 

No. 2140–XXXX), concerning: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information, which is further described 

in the proposed rule below, is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s 

burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (4) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, when 

appropriate. 

The Board estimates that the proposed 

new requirements would include a total 

annual hourly burden of 28 hours and 

a one-time, start-up hourly burden of 63 

hours. There are no non-hourly burdens 

associated with this collection. The 

Board welcomes comment on the 

estimates of actual time and costs of the 

collection, as detailed in Appendix C 

below. Other information pertinent to 

this collection is also included in 


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Appendix C. The proposed rule will be 

submitted to OMB for review as 

required under 44 U.S.C. 3507(d) and 5 

CFR 1320.11. Comments received by the 

Board regarding the information 

collection will also be forwarded to 

OMB for its review when the final rule 

is published. 

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1249 

Railroads, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

It is ordered: 

1. The Board requests comments on 

the proposed rule as set forth in this 

decision. Comments on are due by June 

13, 2022; replies are due by June 28, 

2022. 

2. Notice of the proposed rule will be 

published in the Federal Register. 

3. A copy of this decision will be 

served upon the Chief Counsel for 

Advocacy, Office of Advocacy, U.S. 

Small Business Administration. 

4. This decision is effective on its 

service date. 

Decided: April 29, 2022. 

By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, 

Hedlund, Oberman, Primus, and Schultz. 

Regena Smith-Bernard, 

Clearance Clerk. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Surface Transportation 

Board proposes to amend title 49, 

chapter X, subchapter C, of the Code of 

Federal Regulations by adding part 1249 

to read as follows: 

PART 1249—REPORTS OF TARE 

WEIGHT AND LOSS AND DAMAGE 

DATA 

Sec. 

1249.1 Annual Report of Tare Weight Data. 

1249.2 Annual Report of Loss and Damage 

Data. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1321, 11144, 11145. 

§ 1249.1 Annual Report of Tare Weight 

Data. 

Class I carriers, either individually or 

through the Association of American 

Railroads (AAR), shall annually file tare 

weight data, as detailed in the Annual 

Report of Tare Weight Data, with the 

Surface Transportation Board’s Office of 

Economics within 60 days after the end 

of the calendar year. Forms and 

instructions are available at www.stb.gov 

and may also be obtained by contacting 

the Office of Economics. 

§ 1249.2 Annual Report of Loss and 

Damage Data. 

Class I carriers, either individually or 

through AAR, shall annually file loss 

and damage data, as detailed in the 

Annual Report of Loss and Damage 

Data, with the Surface Transportation 

Board’s Office of Economics within 60 

days after the end of the calendar year. 

Forms and instructions are available at 

www.stb.gov and may also be obtained 

by contacting the Office of Economics. 

Note: The following appendices will not 

appear in the Code of Federal Regulations. 

Appendix A 

Sample Forms for AAR Reporting 

Annual Report of Loss And Damage Data 

Instructions 

This report is applicable to all Class I 

railroads. 

1. Update current reporting year. 

2. For each standard transportation 

commodity code (STCC) identified, report 

total annual loss and damage expenses, the 

number of tons originated, and the loss and 

damage per ton. 

3. Report the number of tons originated for 

each commodity for all railroads. 

4. The loss and damage per ton is 

calculated by dividing loss and damage 

expenses by the number of tons originated by 

commodity. Round to the thousandths place. 

5. For Commodity 49 Hazmat, only report 

data in the loss and damage column. 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

ANNUAL REPORT OF LOSS AND DAMAGE DATA 

All Class I Railroads 

For the year ending December 31, 20_ 

Loss& Number of Loss & Damage 

STCC Commodity Damage Tons Originated Per Ton 

01 FARM PRODUCTS 

0113 Grains 

01195 Potatoes 

012 Fresh Fruits/Tree Nuts 

013 Fresh Vegetables 

10 METALLIC ORES 

11 COAL 

14 NONMETALLIC MINERALS 

20 FOOD & KINDRED PRODUCTS 

2011 Fresh Meat 

202 Dairy Products 

203 Canned/Preserved FruitsN egetable 

204 Grain Mill Products 

2041 Flour 

2042 Prep/Canned Animal Feeds 

2043 Cereal Preparations 

2044 Milled Rice/Flour/Meal 

2045 Prepared Flour 

2046 Corn Milling Products 

2062 Sugar, Refined 

20821 Beer/Ale/Porter/Stout 

2084 Wines/Brandy/Brandy Spirits 

20851 Distilled/Blended Liquors 

209 Misc. Food Preparations 

21 TOBACCO PRODUCTS 

24 LUMBER & WOOD PRODUCTS 

2421 Lumber/Dimension Stock 

2432 Veneer/Plywood 

25 FURNITURE & FIXTURES 

26 PULP/PAPER/ALLIED PRODUCTS 

26211 Newsprint 

26213 Printing Paper 

263 Paperboard/Pulpboard/Fiberboard 

264 Conv. Paper/Paperboard Products 
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Annual Report of Tare Weight Data 

Instructions 

1. For each four-digit AAR Car Type Code, 

report the average tare weight for all Class I 

railroads by tons and pounds, and the 

number of cars. 

2. Report detailed data for freight car types 

and intermodal equipment codes: A, B, C, D, 

E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, 

and Z. 


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26471 Sanitary Tissues/Health Products 

28 CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS 

281 Industrial Chemicals 

2812 Sodium/Potassium 

282 Plastic Materials/Synthetic Resins 

289 Miscellaneous Chemical Products 

29 PETROLEUM& COAL PRODUCTS 

30 RUBBER& MISC. PLASTICS 

301 Tires/Inner Tubes 

32 STONE/CLAY/GLASS'CONC. PROD. 

321 Flat Glass 

3295 Nonmetallic Minerals/Earths 

33 PRIMARY METAL PRODUCTS 

3312 Primary Iron/Steel Products 

3352 Aluminum/ABABasic Shapes 

34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 

344 Fabric. Structural Metal Products 

35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRIC 

351 Engines/Turbines 

352 Farm Machinery/Equipment 

353 Constr./Mimng/Material Handling 

36 ELECTRIC MACHJEQUIP/SUPPLIES 

361 Electrical Trans./Distr. Equipment 

363 Household Appliances 

365 Radio/TV Sets 

37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 

37111 Automobiles 

37112 Truck Tractors/Trucks 

3714 Motor Vehicle Parts/ Access. 

44 FREIGHT FORWARDER TRAFFIC 

45 SHIPPERASSN. TRAFFIC 

46 MISC. MIXED SHIPMENTS 

461 Miscellaneous Mixed Shipments 

ALL OTHERS 

49 HAZMAT 1 

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Appendix B 

Sample Forms for Individual Reporting 

Annual Report of Loss And Damage Data 

Instructions 

This report is applicable to all Class I 

railroads. 

1. Update current reporting year. 

2. For each standard transportation 

commodity code (STCC) identified, report 

total annual loss and damage expenses, the 

number of tons originated, and the loss and 

damage per ton. 

3. Report the number of tons originated for 

each commodity for all railroads. 

4. The loss and damage per ton is 

calculated by dividing loss and damage 

expenses by the number of tons originated by 

commodity. Round to the thousandths place. 

5. For Commodity 49 Hazmat, only report 

data in the loss and damage column. 


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ANNUAL REPORT OF TARE WEIGHT DATA 

All Class I Railroads 

For the year ending December 31, 20_ 

AAR Average Average 

Car Tare Tare 

Type Weight Weight 

Code (Tons) Cars (Pounds) 
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ANNUAL REPORT OF LOSS AND DAMAGE DATA 

Railroad: ___ _ 

For the year ending December 31, 20_ 

Loss& Number of Loss & Damage 

STCC Commod.t)" Dam112e Tons Orld,oat.ed Per Ton 

01 FARM PRODUCTS 

0113 Grains 

01195 Potatoes 

012 Fresh Fruits/Tree Nuts 

013 Fresh Vegetables 

10 METALLIC ORES 

11 COAL 

14 NONMETALLIC MINERALS 

20 FOOD & KTl\TlRRDPRODIJCTS 

2011 Fresh Meat 

202 Dairy Products 

203 Canned/PreservedFruitsNegetable 

204 Grain Mill Products 

2041 Flour 

2042 Prep/Canned Animal Feeds 

2043 Cereal Preparations 

2044 Milled Rice/Flour/Meal 

2045 Prepared Flour 

2046 Com Milling Products 

2062 Sugar, Refined 

20821 Beer/ Alc/PortcriStout 

2084 Wines/Brandy,Brandy Spirits 

20851 Distilled/Blended Liquors 

209 Misc. Food Preparations 

21 TOBACCO PRODUCTS 

24 LUMBER & WOOD PRODUCTS 

2421 Lumber/Dimension SLock. 

2432 Veneer/Plywood 

25 F!JRNTTIJRR & FJXTURRS 

26 PULP/PAPER/ ALLIED PRODUCTS 

26211 Newsprint 

26213 Printing Paper 

263 Paperboard/Pulpboard!Fiberboard 

264 Corw. Paper'Pa_perboard Prnducts 

26471 Sanitary Tissues/Health Products 

28 CHF.MTCAT,S&AT,T,TF.DPRODUCTS 
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Annual Report of Tare Weight Data 

Instructions 

1. For each four-digit AAR Car Type Code, 

report the total tare weight in tons and 

pounds, and the number of cars. 

2. Report detailed data for freight car types 

and intermodal equipment codes: A, B, C, D, 

E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, 

and Z. 


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281 Industrial Chemicals 

2812 Sodium/Potassium 

282 Plastic Materials/Synthetic Resins 

289 Miscellaneous Chemical Products 

29 PETROLEUM& COAL PRODUCTS 

30 RUBBER& MISC. PLASTICS 

301 Tires/Inner Tubes 

32 STONE/CLAY/GLASS'CONC. PROD. 

321 Flat Glass 

3295 Nonmetallic Minerals/Earths 

33 PRIMARY METAL PRODUCTS 

3312 Primary Iron/Steel Products 

3352 Aluminum/ABABasic Shapes 

34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 

344 Fabric. Structural Metal Products 

35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRIC 

351 Engines/Turbines 

352 Farm Machinery/Equipment 

353 Constr./Mimng/Material Handling 

36 ELECTRIC MACHJEQUIP/SUPPLIES 

361 Electrical Trans./Distr. Equipment 

363 Household Appliances 

365 Radio/TV Sets 

37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 

37111 Automobiles 

37112 Truck Tractors/Trucks 

3714 Motor Vehicle Parts/ Access. 

44 FREIGHT FORWARDER TRAFFIC 

45 SHIPPERASSN. TRAFFIC 

46 MISC. MIXED SHIPMENTS 

461 Miscellaneous Mixed Shipments 

ALL OTHERS 

49 HAZMAT 1 

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Appendix C 

Paperwork Reduction Act Collection 

Information Collection 

Title: Annual Reports of Tare Weight and 

Loss and Damage Data. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–XXXX. 

STB Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Summary: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, the Surface Transportation Board gives 

notice that it is requesting from the Office of 

Management and Budget approval of a new 

collection, Annual Reports of Tare Weight 

and Loss and Damage Data, OMB Control No. 

2140–XXXX. The new collection is 

necessitated by the notice of proposed 

rulemaking, which proposes to give Class I 

carriers the option to provide tare weight and 

loss and damage data to the Board 

individually. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Seven. 

Estimated Time per Response: Four hours, 

plus a one-time addition of nine start-up 

hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Total Annual Hour Burden: 49 hours 

(including the additional 21 hours, which is 

the estimated 63 start-up hours amortized 

over the three-year approval period). 

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: There are 

no non-hourly burden costs for this 

collection. The collections may be filed 

electronically. 

Needs and Uses: This collection will be 

used by the Board in the Uniform Railroad 

Costing System (URCS). The Board is 

authorized, under 49 U.S.C. 11161, to 

maintain cost accounting rules for rail 

carriers. In 1989, the Board’s predecessor, the 

Interstate Commerce Commission, adopted 

URCS as its general purpose costing system. 

Adoption of the Unif. R.R. Costing Sys. as a 

Gen. Purpose Costing Sys. for All Regul. 

Costing Purposes, 5 I.C.C.2d 894 (1989). The 

Board uses URCS for a variety of regulatory 

functions. URCS is used in rate 

reasonableness proceedings as part of the 

initial market dominance determination, and 

at later stages is used in parts of the Board’s 

determination as to whether the challenged 

rate is reasonable and, when warranted, the 

maximum rate prescription. URCS is also 

used to, among other things, develop variable 

costs for making cost determinations in 

abandonment proceedings, to provide the 

railroad industry and shippers with a 

standardized costing model, to cost the 

Board’s Carload Waybill Sample to develop 

industry cost information, and to provide 

interested parties with basic cost information 

regarding railroad industry operations. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09571 Filed 5–6–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 220503–0110; RTID 0648– 

XB877] 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; 

Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; 

Annual Specifications; 2022–2023 

Annual Specifications and 

Management Measures for Pacific 

Sardine 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to implement 

annual harvest specifications and 

management measures for the northern 

subpopulation of Pacific sardine 

(hereafter, Pacific sardine), for the 

fishing year from July 1, 2022, through 

June 30, 2023. The proposed action 

would prohibit most directed 

commercial fishing for Pacific sardine 

off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, 

and California. Pacific sardine harvest 

would be allowed only for use as live 

bait, in minor directed fisheries, as 

incidental catch in other fisheries, or as 

authorized under exempted fishing 

permits. The incidental harvest of 

Pacific sardine would be limited to 20 

percent by weight of all fish per trip 

when caught with other stocks managed 

under the Coastal Pelagic Species 

Fishery Management Plan, or up to 2 

metric tons per trip when caught with 

non-Coastal Pelagic Species stocks. The 

proposed annual catch limit for the 

2022–2023 Pacific sardine fishing year 

is 4,274 metric tons. This proposed rule 

is intended to conserve, manage, and 

rebuild the Pacific sardine stock off the 

U.S. West Coast. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

May 24, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this document, identified by NOAA– 

NMFS–2022–0046, by the following 

method: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

public comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://

www.regulations.gov and enter NOAA– 

NMFS–2022–0046 in the Search box. 

Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, complete 

the required fields, and enter or attach 

your comments. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method or received after the end 

of the comment period may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 


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