Director, Office of Environmental Analysis

2140-AB62 202510 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2140 Surface Transportation Board STB Permitting Reform-Environmental Review Process, EP 779

The Surface Transportation Board proposes to clarify, update, and streamline its existing environmental regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and to add delegations of authority related to environmental review. The Board is taking this action to conform its regulations to current practices and changes in the law and to support government-wide consistency in the NEPA process to the extent practicable and in accordance with Board authorities. Among those changes are the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) rescission of its NEPA implementing regulations, the 2023 and 2025 amendments to NEPA, changes to other relevant statutes, executive orders, and case law relating to the implementation of NEPA, including recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent. These revisions will also ensure the development and continuance of a sound rail transportation system and reduce regulatory barriers to entry into and exit from the rail industry. The Board, in a unanimous vote, issued the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on March 25, 2026, seeking comments.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Undetermined Undetermined Deregulatory 49 CFR 1105 16 U.S.C. 1456 16 U.S.C. 1536 42 U.S.C. 4332 42 U.S.C. 6362(b) 49 U.S.C. 1301 note (1995) (Savings Provisions) 49 U.S.C. 1321(a) 49 U.S.C. 10502 49 U.S.C. 10903 49 U.S.C. 10904 49 U.S.C. 10905 54 U.S.C. 306108 ... No NPRM 03/25/2026 91 FR 14490 NPRM Comment Period End 04/24/2026 Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined www.stb.gov www.stb.gov No No Danielle Gosselin L Director, Office of Environmental Analysis 2140 Surface Transportation Board STB 202 245-0300 danielle.gosselin@stb.gov 395 E Street, SW, Washington DC 20423