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Federal Railroad
Administration
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Federal Railroad Administration |
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Popular Title: Whistle Bans |
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RIN 2130-AA71 |
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Interim Final Rule |
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Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date |
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Abstract:
Pub. Law 103-440 requires the Secretary to prohibit local whistle bans,
except where there is no significant risk of accidents, alternative safety
measures are adequate, or where use of a horn as a warning is impractical.
After publishing an NPRM, FRA participated in extensive public hearings to
gather comments and is now preparing a final rule to implement the statute. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action: Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: |
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Dates for Interim Final Rule:
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Federal Register Citation for Interim Final Rule: 68 FR 70585 |
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Popular Title: Positive Train Control |
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RIN 2130-AA94 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date |
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Abstract:
This rulemaking seeks to facilitate the introduction of positive train
control technology by providing performance-based standards for new signal
and train control systems. FRA moved radio communications to RIN 2130-AB19, a
nonsignificant rulemaking. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action: None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title: Event Recorders |
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RIN 2130-AB34 |
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Stage:
NPRM |
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Previous Stage:None |
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Abstract: This
rulemaking would improve the crashworthiness of railroad locomotive event
recorders and would enhance the quality of information available for
post-accident investigations. FRA proposes to amend its existing regulations
in four major ways: (1) by requiring that new locomotives have event
recorders with hardened memory modules, proven by a requirement that the
memory modules preserve stored data throughout a sequence of prescribed
tests; (2) by requiring that new locomotives have an event recorder that collects
certain additional types of information; (3) by simplifying standards for
inspecting, testing, and maintaining event recorders; and (4) by requiring
the phasing out, over a six-year period, of event recorders that use magnetic
tape as a data storage medium. This rule was originally designated as nonsignificant. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action: None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: |
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Dates for NPRM:
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Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None |
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Popular Title: Control of Alcohol and Drug Use |
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RIN 2130-AB39 |
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Stage:
Final Rule |
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Previous Stage: NPRM: Publication Date 12/11/2001; Public Hearing 01/23/2002; End of Comment
Period 02/11/2002; Public Hearing / Extension of Comment Period 02/14/2002;
End of Extended Reply Comment Period 03/14/2002; Publication Date for
Extension of Comment Period 12/10/2002; Notice of Closing of Comment Period
07/28/2003; End of Extended Comment Period 08/27/2003. |
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Abstract:
This action would apply FRA's random testing and
other alcohol and drug requirements to employees of a foreign railroad whose
primary reporting point is outside the |
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Effects:
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Prompting action: None |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: |
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Dates for Final Rule:
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Federal Register Citation for Final Rule: None |
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Popular Title: Occupational Noise |
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RIN 2130-AB56 |
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Stage:
NPRM |
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Previous Stage:None |
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Abstract: This
rulemaking would amend FRA occupational noise standards for railroad
employees whose predominant noise exposure occurs in the locomotive cab. FRA
existing standard (issued in 1980) limits cab employee noise exposure to
certain levels based on the duration of employee exposure. This rulemaking
would modify that standard and also set out additional requirements. The
rulemaking would require railroads to conduct noise monitoring and to
implement a hearing conservation program for railroad operating employees
whose noise exposure equals or exceeds an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA)
of 85 decibels (dB). The rulemaking would also establish design, build, and
maintenance standards for new locomotives and maintenance requirements for
existing locomotives. FRA expects that this rulemaking would reduce the
likelihood of noise-induced hearing loss for railroad operating employees.
This rulemaking was orginally designated as nonsignificant. |
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Effects:
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Prompting action: Statute |
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Rulemaking Project Initiated: |
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Dates for NPRM:
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Federal Register Citation for NPRM: None |