2140-AB14 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2140 Surface Transportation Board STB Review of the General Purpose Costing System, Docket No. EP 431 (Sub-No. 4)

The Board proposed certain changes to its general purpose costing system, the Uniform Railroad Costing System (URCS). Specifically, the Board proposed to adjust how URCS calculates certain system-average unit costs in Phase II, thereby obviating the need for URCS to apply a separate make-whole adjustment in Phase III. The Board also proposed other related changes to URCS that would result in more accurate movement costs, as well as changes to two of its reporting requirements that would help to support the proposed changes. In a Supplemental NPRM, the Board revised its proposal to eliminate the make-whole adjustment and other step functions by modifying certain URCS inputs and cost calculations.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 49 CFR 1247 49 CFR 1248 5 U.S.C. 605(b) 49 U.S.C. 1321 49 U.S.C. 10707 49 U.S.C. 11144 49 U.S.C. 11145 No NPRM 02/04/2013 78 FR 7718 NPRM Comment Period End 06/20/2013 NPRM Reply Period End 09/05/2013 Supplemental NPRM 08/10/2016 81 FR 52784 Supplemental Comment Period End 10/11/2016 Supplemental Reply Comment Period End 11/07/2016 No No None No No www.stb.dot.gov www.stb.dot.gov No No Allison Davis Branch Chief, Office of Proceedings 2140 Surface Transportation Board STB 202 245-0378 202 245-0464 davisa@stb.dot.gov 395 E Street SW, Washington DC 20423-0001 Michael Boyles J. Chief of Section of Regulatory Economics 2140 Surface Transportation Board STB 202 245-0336 800 877-8339 michael.boyles@stb.gov 395 E Street, SW, Washington DC 20423-0001