OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency should provide a summary of all comments related to the information collection requirements contained in the rule and any changes made in response to these comments.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
07/31/2026
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2026
7
0
7
1,750
0
1,750
42
0
42
Under 49 U.S.C. 11145, annual reports are required to be filed by Class I [large] railroads (currently, six). The Class I annual reports are used to monitor and assess railroad industry growth, financial stability, traffic, and operations and to identify industry changes that may affect national transportation policy. Reports are also used to fulfill various statutory requirements under the Interstate Commerce Act, based on standard accounting and reporting requirements. Here the Board is also proposing to eliminate a portion of this collection. In an NPRM, the Board proposed to modify this information collection to eliminate supplemental reporting of certain Positive Train Control (PTC) expenditures. This will decrease the overall burdens on the six respondents.
US Code:
49 USC 11145
Name of Law: Interstate Commerce Act
This modification request stems from the Boardâs proposed rule to terminate Class I carriersâ supplemental reporting of certain PTC expenditures in their Class I Railroad Annual Reports. PTC is a federally mandated safety system designed to prevent train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments, incursions into established work zone limits, and the movement of a train through a switch left in the wrong position. 49 U.S.C. 20157(i)(5). Because PTC is now fully implemented, the new rule would be considered a deregulatory action to end the supplemental PTC reporting. In its notice of proposed rulemaking, Updating Class I Rail Carrier Reporting Requirements, STB Docket EP 787 (served Sept. 30, 2025) (NPRM), the Board found that the benefits from the supplemental PTC reporting no longer justify the burden of generating and reporting of detailed information required by 49 CFR 1241.11(b). The Board also found that â[e]nding these requirements would simplify annual R-1 reporting, . , ,â Moreover, PTC-related expenditures would still be reflected in the R-1 âcapital investments and expensesâ totals, but they would not be separately identifiable from non-PTC expenditures or reported separately. Therefore, in the NPRM, the Board proposes to discontinue the supplemental PTC reporting.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form R-1 Class I Railroad Annual Report
2140-0009 -- Supporting Statement -- R-1 Report NPRM and extension (to ROCIS).pdf
Class I Railroad Annual Report