[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 33416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12346]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

49 CFR Chapter X

[Docket No. EP 735]


Revision to the Surface Transportation Board's CFR Chapter 
Heading Pursuant to the Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization 
Act of 2015

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is revising the 
heading to its CFR chapter, pursuant to the Surface Transportation 
Board Reauthorization Act of 2015.

DATES: Effective May 26, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy C. Ziehm: (202) 245-0391. Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: (800) 877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 18, 2015, the Surface 
Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015, Public Law 114-110, 
129 Stat. 2228 (2015) (STB Reauthorization Act), was enacted into law, 
removing the Board from the United States Department of Transportation 
(DOT), where it had been administratively housed, and establishing it 
as an independent Federal agency. 49 U.S.C. 701 (2012); STB 
Reauthorization Act section 3. Because 49 CFR chapter X is titled 
``Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation,'' the 
Board is revising it to ``Surface Transportation Board'' to reflect the 
agency's independent status.
    As this change is not substantive, we find good cause to dispense 
with notice and comment under the Administrative Procedure Act 
(APA).\1\ 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A)-(B).
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    \1\ Board procedures allow for the issue of final rules without 
notice or comment when those rules are interpretive, general 
statements of policy, or relate to organization, procedure, or 
practice before the Board. See 49 CFR 1110.3(a).
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    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as amended by the Small 
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, 
generally requires an agency to prepare a regulatory flexibility 
analysis of any rule subject to notice and comment rulemaking 
requirements, unless the agency certifies that the rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
Because the Board has determined that notice and comment are not 
required under the APA for this rulemaking, the requirements of the RFA 
do not apply.
    This final rule does not contain a new or amended information 
collection requirement subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. 3501-3521.
    It is ordered:
    1. The rule modifications set forth below are adopted as final 
rules.
    2. This decision is effective on May 26, 2016.

    Decided: May 19, 2016.

    By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice Chairman Miller, and 
Commissioner Begeman.

Marline Simeon,
Clearance Clerk.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, under the authority of 
49 U.S.C. 1321, the heading for title 49, chapter X, is revised to read 
as follows:

CHAPTER X--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[FR Doc. 2016-12346 Filed 5-25-16; 8:45 am]
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