40460 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 163 / Thursday, August 24, 2017 / Unified Agenda 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

49 CFR Ch. X 

[STB Ex Parte No. 536 (Sub-No. 42)] 

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board (the Board), in accordance with 

the requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA), is publishing a 

semiannual agenda of: (1) Current and 

projected rulemakings; and (2) existing 

regulations being reviewed to determine 

whether to propose modifications 

through rulemaking. 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 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq. (RFA), 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 Board’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 Board is publishing its spring 

2017 regulatory flexibility agenda 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 Order 12866 and 

13563. The Board is participating 

voluntarily in the program to assist 

OMB. 

Dated: March 31, 2017. 

By the Board, Board Members Begeman, 

Elliott and Miller. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

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

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

(STB) 

Long-Term Actions 

399. Review of Commodity, Boxcar, and 

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

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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