New regs for Wednesday: Railroads, nuclear, auditors

Wednesday’s edition of the Federal Register contains new rules for railroads, security at nuclear facilities, oil pipeline rates and disclosure rules for auditors. Here’s what is happening:

Railroads: The Surface Transportation Board is proposing to move up the filing deadlines for certain reports that railroads must submit to the agency.

The reports include: “Quarterly Condensed Balance Sheet Forms (CBS); Quarterly Revenue, Expenses, and Income Reports (RE&I); Quarterly and Annual Wage Forms A&B; Quarterly Reports of Fuel Cost, Consumption, and Surcharge Revenue; Quarterly and Annual Freight Commodity Statistics Report Forms (QCS); Annual Report of Cars Loaded and Terminated (Form STB-54); and Monthly Report of Number of Employees.”

The public has until Aug. 7 to comment.

Nuclear: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is finalizing a review of physical security system designs. 

Changes to the standard review plan go into effect in 30 days.

Oil: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is proposing a new index level for measuring annual changes to oil pipeline rate ceilings.

This comes as part of a five-year review by FERC.

The public has 45 days to comment.

Auditors: The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering changes to the disclosure rules for auditors. 

The public has 60 days to comment.