2024-16471. Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

Surface Transportation Board—Long-Term Actions

Sequence No.	Title	Regulation Identifier No.
382	Review of Commodity, Boxcar, and TOFC/COFC Exemptions, EP 704 (Sub-No. 1)	2140-AB29

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD (STB)

Long-Term Actions

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

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. By decision served September 30, 2020 (published October 5, 2020), the Board invited public comment on a new approach its Office of Economics has developed for possible use in considering class exemption and revocation issues. Board staff held technical conferences on the proposed approach on December 18, 2020, and January 15, 2021.

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
Request for Further Comment in Rulemaking Proceeding	10/05/20	85 FR 62689
Comment Period End	01/29/21
Reply Comment Period End	03/01/21
Next Action Undetermined