82_FR_19024 82 FR 18947 - Revisions to Railroad Annual Report Form R-1 and Quarterly Operating Reports

82 FR 18947 - Revisions to Railroad Annual Report Form R-1 and Quarterly Operating Reports

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 77 (April 24, 2017)

Page Range18947-18948
FR Document2017-08236

The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) is revising certain schedules in the Annual Report for Class I railroads (R-1 or Form R-1) and quarterly operating reports. These revisions are needed to correct certain accounting and reporting changes the Board enacted in 2016 and to better meet accounting and reporting requirements and industry needs.

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. EP 720 (Sub-No. 1)]


Revisions to Railroad Annual Report Form R-1 and Quarterly 
Operating Reports

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of modifications to annual and quarterly reporting 
forms.

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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) is revising 
certain schedules in the Annual Report for Class I railroads (R-1 or 
Form R-1) and quarterly operating reports. These revisions are needed 
to correct certain accounting and reporting changes the Board enacted 
in 2016 and to better meet accounting and reporting requirements and 
industry needs.

DATES: This decision is effective on May 24, 2017. These modifications 
will apply beginning with the annual R-1 reports for the year ending 
December 31, 2017, and the quarterly operating reports for the second 
calendar quarter of 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pedro Ramirez at (202) 245-0333. 
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is authorized, under 49 U.S.C. 
11142, to prescribe a uniform accounting system for rail carriers 
subject to its jurisdiction and, under 49 U.S.C. 11161, to maintain 
cost accounting rules for rail carriers.\1\ Sections 11142 and 11161 
both require the Board to conform its accounting rules to generally 
accepted accounting principles (GAAP) ``[t]o the maximum extent 
practicable.'' The Board's accounting rules, known as the Uniform 
System of Accounts (USOA), are set forth in the Board's regulations at 
49 CFR part 1201--subpart A. The USOA is used by the Class I railroads 
\2\ to provide the Board an annual report, known as the Form R-1 
report, and quarterly operating reports that contain information about 
their finances and operating statistics. 49 CFR 1241.11, 1243.1, and 
1243.2.
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    \1\ The Board has economic oversight of railroads, 49 U.S.C. 
10101-11908, and prescribes a uniform accounting system for rail 
carriers to use for regulatory purposes, 49 U.S.C. 11141-43, 11161-
64; 49 CFR parts 1200-1201. In addition, pursuant to its authority 
at 49 U.S.C. 11145, the Board requires Class I railroads to submit 
quarterly and annual reports containing financial and operating 
statistics, including employment and traffic data. 49 CFR 1241-1246, 
1248.
    \2\ The Board designates three classes of freight railroads 
based upon their operating revenues, for three consecutive years, in 
1991 dollars, using the following scale: Class I--$250 million or 
more; Class II--less than $250 million but more than $20 million; 
and Class III--$20 million or less. These operating revenue 
thresholds are adjusted annually for inflation. 49 CFR part 1201, 1-
1. Adjusted for inflation based on 2015 data, Class I carriers have 
annual carrier operating revenues of $457,913,998 or more; Class II 
carriers have annual carrier operating revenues of less than 
$457,913,998 but more than $36,633,120; and Class III carriers have 
annual carrier operating revenues of $36,633,120 or less. Today, 
there are seven Class I carriers.
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Discussion

    In Accounting & Reporting of Business Combinations, Security 
Investments, Comprehensive Income, Derivative Instruments & Hedging 
Activities, EP 720 (STB served Apr. 6, 2016), the Board adopted rules 
that updated the accounting and reporting requirements under the USOA 
for Class I railroads to reflect accounting standard updates to GAAP. 
As relevant here, the Board amended the USOA by adding new general 
instructions and accounts to recognize changes in the fair value of 
certain security investments, items of other comprehensive income, 
derivative instruments, and hedging activities. Additionally, 
corresponding changes were made to the Form R-1. Id. at 3-7. However, 
no corresponding changes were made to the related quarterly reports.
    To avoid confusion, ensure proper reporting, and promote uniformity 
with the USOA, the Board has determined that certain technical and 
formatting modifications to the Form R-1 and the quarterly reports are 
necessary. These minor changes, which are detailed below, are not 
substantive and fall into one of the following categories: (1) 
Correcting the Form R-1 to fully implement the changes in accounting 
and reporting requirements already made through notice and comment 
rulemaking in Docket No. EP 720; (2) applying the accounting and 
reporting changes in Docket No. EP 720 to the quarterly reports; and 
(3) making minor clarifications, formatting, and grammatical changes. 
Accordingly, for good cause shown, the Board finds that notice and 
comment on these revisions are unnecessary. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). 
The specific changes are explained below.
    Comprehensive Income. The Form R-1 Schedule 210 A (Consolidated 
Statements of Comprehensive Income) adopted in Docket No. EP 720 
included two unnecessary columns: ``Freight-related revenues & 
expenses'' and ``Passenger-related revenue & expenses.'' Because the 
information in these two columns is not used in the calculation of 
comprehensive income and other comprehensive income, these columns will 
be eliminated in Schedule 210 A.
    Results of Operations. In Docket No. EP 720, a single line for 
``Earnings per share, basic and diluted'' in Form R-1 Schedule 210 
(Results of Operations) was added. However, basic and diluted earnings 
per share are two separate calculations and must be reported 
individually. Therefore, the revised Form R-1 Schedule 210 adopted here 
will display these items in two lines: Basic Earnings Per Share and 
Diluted Earnings Per Share.
    Quarterly Reports. Although the Board did not address quarterly 
operating reports in Docket No. EP 720, the items reported in the 
quarterly operating reports, Condensed Balance Sheet (CBS) and 
Revenues, Expenses, and Income (RE&I), should correspond with the Form 
R-1 reports and be kept in conformity with the USOA for Class I 
railroads.
    Accordingly, the quarterly CBS report will be revised to include a 
line for the reporting of account 799, Accumulated

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Other Comprehensive Income. Additionally, the quarterly RE&I report 
will be revised to include four new lines for the reporting of Net 
Income attributable to non-controlling interest, Net Income 
attributable to reporting railroad, Basic Earnings Per Share, and 
Diluted Earnings Per Share. These additional lines, which track 
information required on the Form R-1, provide a place to report the 
data collected on a quarterly basis and maintain uniformity with annual 
reporting requirements in the USOA.
    Other Minor Changes. The Board will also revise Form R-1 reporting 
schedules and quarterly operating reports to make minor clarifications, 
formatting changes, and grammatical corrections. Some of the changes 
are the result of previous updates to the USOA, in which accounts were 
either established, eliminated, or changed. Revisions include updating 
schedule titles, cross-checks, page numbering, layout, and 
parenthetical references for specific line items with current USOA 
accounts. These revisions will ensure proper reporting of data 
collected. Below are some of the notable revisions:
     Form R-1 Schedule 210 A, Consolidated Statement of 
Comprehensive Income: References to certain line items that improperly 
instruct how to calculate Comprehensive Income, Other Comprehensive 
Income, and Comprehensive Income Attributable to Reporting Railroads 
will be removed.
     Form R-1 Schedule 245, Working Capital: This schedule will 
be updated to reflect a line numbering change that occurred among other 
changes in Schedule 200.
     Form R-1 Schedule 510, Separation of Debtholdings Between 
Road Property and Equipment: The sources for Lines 1 through 8 will be 
updated to show the line numbering change in Schedule 200, and the 
sources for Lines 16, 17, and 21 will be modified to properly show 
total road property and equipment debt and total interest.
     Form R-1 Schedule 342, Accumulated Depreciation--
Improvements to Road and Equipment Leased from Others: Instructions 2 
and 3 will be amended to instruct users to refer to the notes and 
remarks section for Schedule 342 and no longer specifically to page 
number 39.
    These and other minor changes (except for non-substantive 
formatting changes) are highlighted and annotated in appendices 
attached to the Board's served decision.
    In sum, the modifications discussed in this notice will correct 
certain accounting and reporting changes the Board enacted in 2016 and 
provide clarification and improve usability of the Form R-1 and 
quarterly operating reports to better meet accounting and reporting 
requirements and industry needs. Appendix A to the Board's served 
decision includes annotated copies of the revised Form R-1 Table of 
Contents, schedules 210A and 510, and the impacted pages of schedules 
200, 210, 245, and 342. Appendix B to the Board's served decision 
includes annotated copies of the revised CBS and RE&I quarterly 
reports. The served decision is available on the Board's Web site at 
www.stb.gov. The revised forms in their entirety will be posted on the 
Board's Web site at https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_reports.html.

Regulatory Flexibility Act Statement

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601-612, 
generally requires a description and analysis of new rules that would 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. In drafting a rule, an agency is required to: (1) Assess the 
effect that its regulation will have on small entities; (2) analyze 
effective alternatives that may minimize a regulation's impact; and (3) 
make the analysis available for public comment. 5 U.S.C. 601-604. Under 
section 605(b), an agency is not required to perform an initial or 
final regulatory flexibility analysis if it certifies that the proposed 
or final rules will not have a ``significant impact on a substantial 
number of small entities.''
    Because the goal of the RFA is to reduce the cost to small entities 
of complying with federal regulations, the RFA requires an agency to 
perform a regulatory flexibility analysis of small entity impacts only 
when a rule directly regulates those entities. In other words, the 
impact must be a direct impact on small entities ``whose conduct is 
circumscribed or mandated'' by the proposed rule. White Eagle Coop. 
Ass'n v. Conner, 553 F.3d 467, 478, 480 (7th Cir. 2009).
    The reporting requirements modified here will not have a 
significant economic impact upon a substantial number of small entities 
within the meaning of the RFA. The reporting requirements will apply 
only to Class I rail carriers. 49 CFR 1241.1. Accordingly, there will 
be no impact on small railroads (small entities).\3\ Therefore, the 
Board certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that these modifications will not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities within the meaning of the RFA. A copy of this decision will be 
served upon the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Office of Advocacy, U.S. 
Small Business Administration, Washington, DC 20416.
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    \3\ Effective June 30, 2016, for the purpose of RFA analysis for 
rail carriers subject to the Board's jurisdiction, the Board defines 
a ``small business'' as a Class III rail carrier under 49 CFR 
1201.1-1. See Small Entity Size Standards Under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, EP 719 (STB served June 30, 2016) (with Board 
Member Begeman dissenting).

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    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 11142 and 11164.

    It is ordered:
    1. The modifications set forth in this decision are adopted and 
will be effective beginning with the annual R-1 reports for the year 
ending December 31, 2017, and the quarterly operating reports for the 
second calendar quarter of 2017. Notice of the modifications adopted 
here will be published in the Federal Register.
    2. A copy of this decision will be served upon the Chief Counsel 
for Advocacy, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration.
    3. This decision is effective on May 24, 2017.

    Decided: April 19, 2017.

    By the Board, Board Members Begeman, Elliott, and Miller.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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                                                  received will be posted without change;                   2017, and the quarterly operating                        other comprehensive income, derivative
                                                  the Commission does not edit personal                     reports for the second calendar quarter                  instruments, and hedging activities.
                                                  identifying information from                              of 2017.                                                 Additionally, corresponding changes
                                                  submissions. You should submit only                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                         were made to the Form R–1. Id. at 3–7.
                                                  information that you wish to make                         Pedro Ramirez at (202) 245–0333.                         However, no corresponding changes
                                                  available publicly. All submissions                       Assistance for the hearing impaired is                   were made to the related quarterly
                                                  should refer to File Number SR–GEMX–                      available through the Federal                            reports.
                                                  2017–03, and should be submitted on or                    Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–                      To avoid confusion, ensure proper
                                                  before May 15, 2017.                                      800–877–8339.                                            reporting, and promote uniformity with
                                                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board                     the USOA, the Board has determined
                                                    For the Commission, by the Division of
                                                  Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated                is authorized, under 49 U.S.C. 11142, to                 that certain technical and formatting
                                                  authority.11                                              prescribe a uniform accounting system                    modifications to the Form R–1 and the
                                                  Eduardo A. Aleman,                                        for rail carriers subject to its jurisdiction            quarterly reports are necessary. These
                                                                                                            and, under 49 U.S.C. 11161, to maintain                  minor changes, which are detailed
                                                  Assistant Secretary.
                                                                                                            cost accounting rules for rail carriers.1                below, are not substantive and fall into
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–08165 Filed 4–21–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            Sections 11142 and 11161 both require                    one of the following categories: (1)
                                                  BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                                                                             Correcting the Form R–1 to fully
                                                                                                            the Board to conform its accounting
                                                                                                            rules to generally accepted accounting                   implement the changes in accounting
                                                                                                            principles (GAAP) ‘‘[t]o the maximum                     and reporting requirements already
                                                  SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION                             extent practicable.’’ The Board’s                        made through notice and comment
                                                                                                            accounting rules, known as the Uniform                   rulemaking in Docket No. EP 720; (2)
                                                  Military Reservist Economic Injury                                                                                 applying the accounting and reporting
                                                  Disaster Loans: Interest Rate for Third                   System of Accounts (USOA), are set
                                                                                                            forth in the Board’s regulations at 49                   changes in Docket No. EP 720 to the
                                                  Quarter FY 2017                                                                                                    quarterly reports; and (3) making minor
                                                                                                            CFR part 1201—subpart A. The USOA
                                                    In accordance with the Code of                                                                                   clarifications, formatting, and
                                                                                                            is used by the Class I railroads 2 to
                                                  Federal Regulations 13—Business Credit                                                                             grammatical changes. Accordingly, for
                                                                                                            provide the Board an annual report,
                                                                                                                                                                     good cause shown, the Board finds that
                                                  and Assistance § 123.512, the following                   known as the Form R–1 report, and
                                                                                                                                                                     notice and comment on these revisions
                                                  interest rate is effective for Military                   quarterly operating reports that contain
                                                                                                                                                                     are unnecessary. See 5 U.S.C.
                                                  Reservist Economic Injury Disaster                        information about their finances and
                                                                                                                                                                     553(b)(3)(B). The specific changes are
                                                  Loans approved on or after April 14,                      operating statistics. 49 CFR 1241.11,
                                                                                                                                                                     explained below.
                                                  2017.                                                     1243.1, and 1243.2.                                         Comprehensive Income. The Form R–
                                                  Military Reservist Loan Program 3.215%                    Discussion                                               1 Schedule 210 A (Consolidated
                                                    Dated: April 17, 2017.                                     In Accounting & Reporting of                          Statements of Comprehensive Income)
                                                  James E. Rivera,                                          Business Combinations, Security                          adopted in Docket No. EP 720 included
                                                  Associate Administrator for Disaster                      Investments, Comprehensive Income,                       two unnecessary columns: ‘‘Freight-
                                                  Assistance.                                                                                                        related revenues & expenses’’ and
                                                                                                            Derivative Instruments & Hedging
                                                                                                                                                                     ‘‘Passenger-related revenue &
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–08218 Filed 4–21–17; 8:45 am]               Activities, EP 720 (STB served Apr. 6,
                                                                                                                                                                     expenses.’’ Because the information in
                                                  BILLING CODE P                                            2016), the Board adopted rules that
                                                                                                                                                                     these two columns is not used in the
                                                                                                            updated the accounting and reporting
                                                                                                                                                                     calculation of comprehensive income
                                                                                                            requirements under the USOA for Class
                                                                                                                                                                     and other comprehensive income, these
                                                  SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD                              I railroads to reflect accounting standard
                                                                                                                                                                     columns will be eliminated in Schedule
                                                                                                            updates to GAAP. As relevant here, the
                                                  [Docket No. EP 720 (Sub-No. 1)]                                                                                    210 A.
                                                                                                            Board amended the USOA by adding                            Results of Operations. In Docket No.
                                                                                                            new general instructions and accounts                    EP 720, a single line for ‘‘Earnings per
                                                  Revisions to Railroad Annual Report                       to recognize changes in the fair value of
                                                  Form R–1 and Quarterly Operating                                                                                   share, basic and diluted’’ in Form R–1
                                                                                                            certain security investments, items of                   Schedule 210 (Results of Operations)
                                                  Reports
                                                                                                               1 The Board has economic oversight of railroads,
                                                                                                                                                                     was added. However, basic and diluted
                                                  AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.                                                                              earnings per share are two separate
                                                                                                            49 U.S.C. 10101–11908, and prescribes a uniform
                                                  ACTION: Notice of modifications to                        accounting system for rail carriers to use for           calculations and must be reported
                                                  annual and quarterly reporting forms.                     regulatory purposes, 49 U.S.C. 11141–43, 11161–64;       individually. Therefore, the revised
                                                                                                            49 CFR parts 1200–1201. In addition, pursuant to         Form R–1 Schedule 210 adopted here
                                                  SUMMARY:    The Surface Transportation                    its authority at 49 U.S.C. 11145, the Board requires
                                                                                                            Class I railroads to submit quarterly and annual         will display these items in two lines:
                                                  Board (STB or Board) is revising certain                  reports containing financial and operating statistics,   Basic Earnings Per Share and Diluted
                                                  schedules in the Annual Report for                        including employment and traffic data. 49 CFR            Earnings Per Share.
                                                  Class I railroads (R–1 or Form R–1) and                   1241–1246, 1248.                                            Quarterly Reports. Although the
                                                  quarterly operating reports. These                           2 The Board designates three classes of freight
                                                                                                                                                                     Board did not address quarterly
                                                  revisions are needed to correct certain                   railroads based upon their operating revenues, for
                                                                                                            three consecutive years, in 1991 dollars, using the      operating reports in Docket No. EP 720,
                                                  accounting and reporting changes the                      following scale: Class I—$250 million or more;           the items reported in the quarterly
                                                  Board enacted in 2016 and to better                       Class II—less than $250 million but more than $20        operating reports, Condensed Balance
                                                  meet accounting and reporting                             million; and Class III—$20 million or less. These
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                                                                                                                                                                     Sheet (CBS) and Revenues, Expenses,
                                                  requirements and industry needs.                          operating revenue thresholds are adjusted annually
                                                                                                            for inflation. 49 CFR part 1201, 1–1. Adjusted for       and Income (RE&I), should correspond
                                                  DATES: This decision is effective on May                  inflation based on 2015 data, Class I carriers have      with the Form R–1 reports and be kept
                                                  24, 2017. These modifications will                        annual carrier operating revenues of $457,913,998        in conformity with the USOA for Class
                                                  apply beginning with the annual R–1                       or more; Class II carriers have annual carrier           I railroads.
                                                                                                            operating revenues of less than $457,913,998 but
                                                  reports for the year ending December 31,                  more than $36,633,120; and Class III carriers have
                                                                                                                                                                        Accordingly, the quarterly CBS report
                                                                                                            annual carrier operating revenues of $36,633,120 or      will be revised to include a line for the
                                                    11 17   CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                            less. Today, there are seven Class I carriers.           reporting of account 799, Accumulated


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                                                  Other Comprehensive Income.                             Board enacted in 2016 and provide                      Therefore, the Board certifies under 5
                                                  Additionally, the quarterly RE&I report                 clarification and improve usability of                 U.S.C. 605(b) that these modifications
                                                  will be revised to include four new lines               the Form R–1 and quarterly operating                   will not have a significant economic
                                                  for the reporting of Net Income                         reports to better meet accounting and                  impact on a substantial number of small
                                                  attributable to non-controlling interest,               reporting requirements and industry                    entities within the meaning of the RFA.
                                                  Net Income attributable to reporting                    needs. Appendix A to the Board’s                       A copy of this decision will be served
                                                  railroad, Basic Earnings Per Share, and                 served decision includes annotated                     upon the Chief Counsel for Advocacy,
                                                  Diluted Earnings Per Share. These                       copies of the revised Form R–1 Table of                Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business
                                                  additional lines, which track                           Contents, schedules 210A and 510, and                  Administration, Washington, DC 20416.
                                                  information required on the Form R–1,                   the impacted pages of schedules 200,                     Authority: 49 U.S.C. 11142 and 11164.
                                                  provide a place to report the data                      210, 245, and 342. Appendix B to the
                                                  collected on a quarterly basis and                      Board’s served decision includes                          It is ordered:
                                                  maintain uniformity with annual                         annotated copies of the revised CBS and                   1. The modifications set forth in this
                                                  reporting requirements in the USOA.                     RE&I quarterly reports. The served                     decision are adopted and will be
                                                     Other Minor Changes. The Board will                  decision is available on the Board’s Web               effective beginning with the annual R–
                                                  also revise Form R–1 reporting                          site at www.stb.gov. The revised forms                 1 reports for the year ending December
                                                  schedules and quarterly operating                       in their entirety will be posted on the                31, 2017, and the quarterly operating
                                                  reports to make minor clarifications,                   Board’s Web site at https://www.stb.gov/               reports for the second calendar quarter
                                                  formatting changes, and grammatical                     stb/industry/econ_reports.html.                        of 2017. Notice of the modifications
                                                  corrections. Some of the changes are the                                                                       adopted here will be published in the
                                                  result of previous updates to the USOA,                 Regulatory Flexibility Act Statement                   Federal Register.
                                                  in which accounts were either                              The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980                 2. A copy of this decision will be
                                                  established, eliminated, or changed.                    (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601–612, generally                     served upon the Chief Counsel for
                                                  Revisions include updating schedule                     requires a description and analysis of                 Advocacy, Office of Advocacy, U.S.
                                                  titles, cross-checks, page numbering,                   new rules that would have a significant                Small Business Administration.
                                                  layout, and parenthetical references for                economic impact on a substantial                          3. This decision is effective on May
                                                  specific line items with current USOA                   number of small entities. In drafting a                24, 2017.
                                                  accounts. These revisions will ensure                   rule, an agency is required to: (1) Assess               Decided: April 19, 2017.
                                                  proper reporting of data collected.                     the effect that its regulation will have on              By the Board, Board Members Begeman,
                                                  Below are some of the notable revisions:                small entities; (2) analyze effective                  Elliott, and Miller.
                                                     • Form R–1 Schedule 210 A,                           alternatives that may minimize a                       Jeffrey Herzig,
                                                  Consolidated Statement of                               regulation’s impact; and (3) make the
                                                  Comprehensive Income: References to                                                                            Clearance Clerk.
                                                                                                          analysis available for public comment. 5               [FR Doc. 2017–08236 Filed 4–21–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  certain line items that improperly                      U.S.C. 601–604. Under section 605(b),
                                                  instruct how to calculate                               an agency is not required to perform an
                                                                                                                                                                 BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
                                                  Comprehensive Income, Other                             initial or final regulatory flexibility
                                                  Comprehensive Income, and                               analysis if it certifies that the proposed
                                                  Comprehensive Income Attributable to                    or final rules will not have a ‘‘significant           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                                  Reporting Railroads will be removed.                    impact on a substantial number of small
                                                     • Form R–1 Schedule 245, Working                                                                            Federal Aviation Administration
                                                                                                          entities.’’
                                                  Capital: This schedule will be updated
                                                  to reflect a line numbering change that                    Because the goal of the RFA is to                   Notice of Intent To Rule on Change in
                                                  occurred among other changes in                         reduce the cost to small entities of                   Use of Aeronautical Property at
                                                  Schedule 200.                                           complying with federal regulations, the                Immokalee Regional Airport
                                                     • Form R–1 Schedule 510, Separation                  RFA requires an agency to perform a
                                                  of Debtholdings Between Road Property                   regulatory flexibility analysis of small               AGENCY:  Federal Aviation
                                                  and Equipment: The sources for Lines 1                  entity impacts only when a rule directly               Administration (FAA), DOT.
                                                  through 8 will be updated to show the                   regulates those entities. In other words,              ACTION: Request for public comment.
                                                  line numbering change in Schedule 200,                  the impact must be a direct impact on
                                                  and the sources for Lines 16, 17, and 21                small entities ‘‘whose conduct is                      SUMMARY:   The Federal Aviation
                                                  will be modified to properly show total                 circumscribed or mandated’’ by the                     Administration is requesting public
                                                  road property and equipment debt and                    proposed rule. White Eagle Coop. Ass’n                 comment on a request by the Collier
                                                  total interest.                                         v. Conner, 553 F.3d 467, 478, 480 (7th                 County Airport Authority to change a
                                                     • Form R–1 Schedule 342,                             Cir. 2009).                                            portion of airport property from
                                                  Accumulated Depreciation—                                  The reporting requirements modified                 aeronautical to non-aeronautical use at
                                                  Improvements to Road and Equipment                      here will not have a significant                       the Immokalee Regional Airport,
                                                  Leased from Others: Instructions 2 and                  economic impact upon a substantial                     Immokalee, Florida. The request
                                                  3 will be amended to instruct users to                  number of small entities within the                    consists of approximately 5,200 square
                                                  refer to the notes and remarks section                  meaning of the RFA. The reporting                      feet of warehouse space.
                                                  for Schedule 342 and no longer                          requirements will apply only to Class I                  Documents reflecting the Sponsor’s
                                                  specifically to page number 39.                         rail carriers. 49 CFR 1241.1.                          request are available, by appointment
                                                                                                                                                                 only, for inspection at the Immokalee
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                                                     These and other minor changes                        Accordingly, there will be no impact on
                                                  (except for non-substantive formatting                  small railroads (small entities).3                     Regional Airport and the FAA Airports
                                                  changes) are highlighted and annotated                                                                         District Office.
                                                  in appendices attached to the Board’s                     3 Effective June 30, 2016, for the purpose of RFA
                                                                                                                                                                 DATES: Comments are due on or before
                                                  served decision.                                        analysis for rail carriers subject to the Board’s      May 24, 2017.
                                                                                                          jurisdiction, the Board defines a ‘‘small business’’
                                                     In sum, the modifications discussed                  as a Class III rail carrier under 49 CFR 1201.1–1.
                                                  in this notice will correct certain                     See Small Entity Size Standards Under the              30, 2016) (with Board Member Begeman
                                                  accounting and reporting changes the                    Regulatory Flexibility Act, EP 719 (STB served June    dissenting).



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of modifications to annual and quarterly reporting forms.
DatesThis decision is effective on May 24, 2017. These modifications will apply beginning with the annual R-1 reports for the year ending December 31, 2017, and the quarterly operating reports for the second calendar quarter of 2017.
ContactPedro Ramirez at (202) 245-0333. Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
FR Citation82 FR 18947 

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