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			Your search for Documents matching 'Hours of Service', of type Rule, and affecting 49 CFR 200-299

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                    161 


 
			Passenger Equipment Safety Standards; Miscellaneous Amendments and Attachment of Safety Appliances on Passenger Equipment (Final Rule)
			petition 
 16 hours 
 16 hours 
 640 
 
 
 —Petitions for special approval of alternative compliance 
 22 railroads 
 1 petition 
 120 hours 
 120 hours 
 4,800 ... analyses 
 30 hours 
 150 hours 
 18,000 
 
 
 —Transferring passenger cars/locomotives 
 22 railroads/AAR 
 1 analysis 
 20 hours 
 20 hours 
 2,400 
 
 ... 16 hours 
 32 hours 
 1,760 
 
 
 Passenger equipment that has not been previously used in service in the U.S 
 9 equipment manuf 
 2 plans 
 192 hours  ... amending the regulations to permit railroads the ability to apply out-of-service credit to certain periodic maintenance requirements related to passenger
						Track Safety Standards; Inspections of Joints in Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) (Final Rule)
			applied to joint bars in the service environment. Further, as illustrated by the examination of NDT technology and services by the joint FRA/industry Rail ... with freight service is inspected at frequencies higher or equal to the inspection frequency of the next lower class track with passenger service. 
 
 FRA ... railroads 
 4 proc. Docs 
 2 hours 
 8 
 320 
 
 
 GRMS Training Program/Sessions 
 687 railroads 
 2 prog. + 5 sess 
 16 hours 
 112 
 4,480 
 
 
 GRMS Inspection
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			locomotive horn sounding during non-quiet zone hours, then signs indicating that horns are not sounded between stated hours of the partial quiet zone would be appropriate ... locomotive horn sounding during non-quiet zone hours, then signs indicating that horns are not sounded between stated hours of the partial quiet zone would be appropriate ... Zone into a 24-hour New Quiet Zone. (Please note that the requirements for converting an Intermediate Partial Quiet Zone into either a 24-hour New Quiet Zone
						Locomotive Crashworthiness (Final Rule)
			road-haul service will at some point be called upon to perform such service. Since the performance criteria are objectives designed for road-haul service locomotives ... switcher/intermediate service locomotives” were exempt from meeting the AAR design standard. However, “road switcher/intermediate service locomotives” were ... switcher/intermediate service locomotives” from its standard. AAR S–580–2005 and this final rule now both require “road switcher/intermediate service locomotives”
						Revision of Method for Calculating Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents; Announcement of Reporting Threshold for Calendar Year 2006 (Final Rule)
			Amtrak report hours of service and compensation data quarterly to the STB, on Form A—STB Wage Statistics. Form A organizes hours of service and compensation ... (Group No. 500). By dividing the compensation by the corresponding hours of service, the wage rate for any reporting group can be found. In the NPRM, FRA ... compensation paid to employees in these groups by their corresponding service hours, using the “Time Worked and Paid for at Straight Times Rates” category
						Track Safety Standards; Inspection of Joints in Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) (Final Rule)
			applied to joint bars in the service environment. Further, as illustrated by the ongoing examination of NDT technology and services by the joint FRA/industry ... railroads 
 4 proc. Docs. 
 2 hours 
 8 
 305 
 
 
 —GRMS Training Programs/Sessions 
 685 railroads 
 2 prog. + 5 sess. 
 16 hours 
 112 
 4,256 
 
 
 —GRMS ... printouts 
 20 hours 
 260 
 9,360 
 
 
 213.341—Initial inspection of new rail and welds 
 
 
 —Mill inspection 
 2 railroads 
 2 reports 
 8 hours 
 16 
 608
						Reflectorization of Rail Freight Rolling Stock (Final Rule)
			(whether in revenue or work train service); and (2) [a]ny railroad freight car (whether used in revenue or work train service).” 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 4 
  The final ... while a car is out of service for other maintenance or repair reasons, thereby eliminating the 
 
 need to take a car out of service for the specific purpose ... outside temperature was –7.6 °F. After one hour, the locomotive's temperature was 33.2 °F and after seven hours, the locomotive's temperature was 43 °F,
						Locomotive Event Recorders (Final Rule)
			short-haul passenger service 
 means the type of railroad service described under the heading “Other short-haul passenger service” in 49 CFR part 209, ... the 48 hours required under the existing regulation. The RSAC, through the Working Group, discussed this issue and determined that the 48-hour provision ... monitoring, service planning, or whatever. The downloaded data must then be compared to the known operations of the locomotive over the past 48 hours and, if
						Inflation Adjustment of Ordinary Maximum Civil Monetary Penalty for a Violation of a Federal Railroad Safety Law or Federal Railroad Administration Safety Regulation (Final Rule)
			CMP to $15,000. 
 With the exception of the penalties relating to the hours of service laws (49 U.S.C. ch. 211), the ordinary maximum CMP for a violation ... $1,000 to $10,000 and $20,000, respectively, for a violation of the hours of service laws, making these minimum and maximum penalty amounts uniform with ... calculation using the 1992 CPI, the maximum penalties for violations of the hours of service laws were raised to equal those of the other rail safety laws and regulations:
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			4 hours 
 20 hours 
 740 
 
 
 222.17—Applications To Be Recognized as a State Agency 
 68 State Agencies 
 13 applications 
 8 hours 
 104 hours 
 6 ... Applications 
 80 hours 
 8,400 hours 
 512,400 
 
 
 —Diagnostic Team Reviews 
 340 Public Authorities 
 53 reviews 
 32 hours 
 1,696 hours 
 0 (Cost incl ... notifications 
 40 hours + 10 min. 
 123 hours 
 7,503 
 
 
 
 —Updated Grade Crossing Inventory Forms 
 3 Communities 
 71 Forms 
 1 hour 
 71 hours 
 0 (Cost
						Standards for Development and Use of Processor-Based Signal and Train Control Systems (Final Rule)
			Training Prog 
 400 hours 
 12,000 
 456,000 
 
 
 —Training of Signalmen & Dispatchers 
 85 Railroads 
 220 sessions 
 40 hours/20 hours 
 8,400 
 1,050 ... passenger service should be supported by highly competent train control technology. In view of safety concerns attendant to passenger service and the fact ... processor-based signal and train control equipment in service is the version intended by the railroad to be in service at each location. Simply put, a software management
						Reflectorization of Rail Freight Rolling Stock (Final Rule)
			“exclusively” in passenger service. FRA decided to exclude locomotives and passenger cars used exclusively in passenger service from this rule because the ... conspicuity issues attendant to passenger service are significantly different from those of freight service. For example, the highway-rail grade crossings ... Amtrak in passenger service. AAPRCO further explained, 
 
 however, that these cars are also occasionally moved in freight service; typically dead-head
						Inflation Adjustment of the Maximum and Minimum Civil Monetary Penalties for a Violation of a Federal Railroad Safety Law or Federal Railroad Administration Safety Regulation (Final Rule)
			policy, as well. 
 
 With the exception of the penalties relating to the hours of service laws (49 U.S.C. ch. 211), the maximum CMP for 
 
 a violation of the ... $1,000 to $10,000 and $20,000, respectively, for a violation of the hours of service laws, making these minimum and maximum penalty amounts uniform with ... calculation using the 1992 CPI, the maximum penalties for violations of the hours of service laws were raised to equal those of the other rail safety laws and regulations:
						Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Expanded Application of FRA Alcohol and Drug Rules to Foreign Railroad Foreign-Based Employees Who Perform Train or Dispatching Service in the United States (Final Rule)
			perform covered service in the United States.
 
 
 Covered service 
 means service in the United States that is subject to the hours of service laws at 49 U ... the hours of service laws (as train employees, dispatching service employees, or signal employees), and employees who would be covered by the hours of service ... the definition is added to make clear that “covered service” is service subject to the hours of service laws (49 U.S.C. ch. 211) that occurs in the United ... States who enter into the United States to perform train or dispatching service (foreign railroad foreign-based employees or ``FRFB employees''). After ... the laws of its home country as a compatible alternative to the return-to-service requirements if the program includes equivalents to these FRA provisions ... Foreign Railroad Foreign-Based Employees Who Perform Train or Dispatching Service in the United States
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			provide Metra service as contract operators (UP North Line, UP Northwest Line, Wisconsin Central North Central Service, and BNSF Aurora line service). 
 Most ... passenger service (
 i.e. 
 , at 15 miles per hour, or less) not on the general railroad system does not constitute a significant risk. Low speed service, together ... a one-hundred car train traveling 30 miles per hour approximately half a mile to stop—at 50 miles an hour that train's stopping distance increases to one
						Roadway Maintenance Machine Safety (Final Rule)
			machines are operated during the period between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, or in dimly lit areas such as tunnels, they ... the machine is operated during the period between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise or in dimly lit areas such as tunnels. The ... hi-rail vehicles enter service, the inspection required by this paragraph is due within one year of the date the vehicles enter service. Thereafter, the inspection
						Conforming the Federal Railroad Administration's Accident/Incident Reporting Requirements to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Revised Reporting Requirements; Other Amendments (Final Rule)
			railroad passenger service, including otherwise reportable collisions and derailments on lines used for scheduled passenger service and train accidents ... letters 
 2 hours 
 20 
 520 
 
 
 225.13—Amended Rail Equipment Accident\Incident Reports 
 685 railroads 
 10 amended reports, 20 copies 
 1 hour + 3 minutes ... that is used for scheduled passenger service; or 
 (ii) that fouls a main line used for scheduled passenger service. 
 
 (b) 
 Method of reporting. 
 (1)
						U.S. Locational Requirement for Dispatching of U.S. Rail Operations (Final Rule)
			States who perform train or dispatching service in the United States covered by hours of service laws (“covered service”) would become subject to all of the ... railroads 
 4 waiver pet. 
 4 hours 
 16 hours 
 628 
 
 
 (c) Fringe Border Dispatching 
 4 railroads 
 2 waiver pet. 
 4 hours 
 8 hours 
 314 
 
 
 241.9—Prohibition ... Dispatched Operations 
 D. Drug and Alcohol Testing 
 E. Hours of Service 
 F. Operational Testing 
 G. Service Disruptions 
 H. Security Concerns 
 I. International
						Passenger Equipment Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			its existing rail equipment and rail service no later than July 10, 2000. For any category of equipment and service identified during the preliminary fire ... Method for Fire Testing of Mattresses. 
 (2) General Services Administration, Federal Supply Service, Specification Section, 470 E. L'Enfant Plaza, S.W. ... cabs of locomotives ordered on or after September 8, 2000, or placed in service for the first time on or after September 9, 2002. These materials are required
						Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices (Final Rule)
			time out of service incurred by a locomotive to make the required repair and that this out-of-service time should be estimated at 24 hours. AAR arrived ... arrived at the 24-hour out-of-service time figure by maintaining that the locomotive is out of service both before and after the required repairs are made for ... conduct the required repairs, which FRA estimated at eight hours, to which FRA added two hours to cover the movement of the locomotive into and out of the
						Locomotive Cab Sanitation Standards (Final Rule)
			alphabetically. 
 For the terms “commuter service”, “other short-haul passenger service”, “switching service”, and “transfer service”, please see the detailed discussion ... push-pull service is used only in commuter service, not in freight railroading. The proposal and the final rule provide an exception for commuter service so that ... to transfer service, and tracks the same logic as the exceptions proposed for commuter operations and switching service. Transfer service involves trains ... exceptions for certain existing equipment and operations, and establishes servicing requirements.
						Surface Transportation Board (Final Rule)
			240. 
 
 
 (4) 
 Hours of service laws. 
 Each applicant shall identify the procedures for complying with the Federal hours of service laws and related ... fatigue of covered service employees, 
 i.e. 
 , employees who perform train and engine service, dispatching, or signal system service, to enhance safety ... impact of the service difficulties, the Board has not attempted to quantify the 
 
 societal costs of these service problems. 
 See Rail Service in the Western
						Railroad Workplace Safety (Final Rule)
			Transportation at the above address. You can review public dockets there between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. You ... subjected to impact loading shall be immediately and permanently removed from service unless fully inspected and determined by a competent person to be undamaged ... other deterioration. Defective components shall be permanently removed from service. 
 
 (5) Prior to use and after any component or system is changed, bridge
						Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers; and Other Proceedings (Final Rule)
			the timely delivery of mail by the United States Postal Service (USPS) and private mail services were negatively impacted by the temporary closing of airline ... postmarked on or after September 4, 2001 by the USPS or sent by other mail services on or after that date. By including all items sent by that date, FRA hopes ... Electronic filings that are received after the specified dockets facility hours shall be deemed to be constructively received on the next dockets facility
						U.S. Locational Requirement for Dispatching of U.S. Rail Operations (Final Rule)
			A. Hours of Service, Operating Rules and Efficiency Testing, and Drug and Alcohol Testing Requirements 
 Congress has established hours of service standards ... work more than nine hours during a 24-hour period in a location where two or more shifts are employed, or 12 hours during a 24-hour period where only one ... with the substantive requirements of the United States hours of service laws, FRA hours of service recordkeeping regulations, FRA operational testing regulations
						Grade Crossing Signal System Safety (Final Rule)
			status of rail service. However, this section would not apply if the grade crossing warning system is temporarily taken out of service when the tracks ... reports of accidents must be made. This section requires reports within 24 hours of occurrence of impact accidents involving activation failure. Because activation ... (MUTCD). 
 Section 234.247 Purpose of Inspections and Tests; Removal From Service of Relay or Device Failing To Meet Test Requirements 
 The BRS questioned
						Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Changes To Conform to New DOT Transportation Workplace Testing Procedures (Final Rule)
			railroad conducted by covered service employees whose primary place of service (“home terminal”) for rail transportation services is located outside the United ... employee 
 means a person who has been assigned to perform service subject to the hours of service laws (49 U.S.C. ch. 211) during a duty tour, whether or ... railroad to perform covered service. 
 (2) No employee may report for covered service, or go or remain on duty in covered service while— 
 (i) Under the influence
						Transportation Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs: Response to Comments on Pre-Employment Inquiry Requirement; Common Preamble for DOT Agency Conforming Rules (Final Rule)
			regulation a prerequisite to a service agent's refusal determination in this case. This means that § 40.355(j)(1) will authorize service agents to make refusal ... previous employers in the maritime industry would be 12,821 annual burden hours. Using guidelines developed by the Association of Records Managers and Administrators ... check companies. Section 40.25 requires neither “background checks” nor the services of such companies. It simply requires employers to seek information about
						Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices (Final Rule)
			the modification procedures contained in § 232.307. Overall, the burden hours for this information collection have not changed; they have merely been reallocated ...  (ii) Control valve mounting gasket; 
 (iii) Pipe bracket stud; 
 (iv) Service portion; 
 (v) Emergency portion; or 
 (vi) Pipe bracket. 
 (5) A car is ... on each new or rebuilt car prior to placing or using the car in revenue service. 
 (f) For purposes of paragraphs (b)(2), (b)(3), and (c) of this section
						Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment; End-of-Train Devices (Final Rule)
			railroads 
 2 petitions 
 100 hours 
 200 hours 
 9,000 
 
 
 —Service of petitions 
 545 railroads 
 6 petitions 
 40 hours 
 240 hours 
 10,800 
 
 
 —Statement ... Public/railroads 
 20 statements 
 8 hours 
 160 hours 
 7,200 
 
 
 —Comments 
 Public/railroads 
 15 comments 
 4 hours 
 60 hours 
 2,700 
 
 
 
 232.103—Gen'l ... 
 10 amendments 
 20 hours 
 200 hours 
 9,000 
 
 
 —Recordkeeping 
 50 existing plans 
 1,150 records 
 20 hours 
 23,000 hours 
 1,035,000 
 
 
 —Cold
						Track Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			annual 
 responses 
 
 Average time per response 
 Total annual burden hours (hours) 
 Total annual burden cost 
 
 
 213.110—GRMS Technical Data 1—Compliance ... 
 10 documents 
 2 hours 
 20 
 760 
 
 
 —GRMS Training Programs + Training Sessions 
 685 
 10 programs + 25 sessions 
 16 hours 
 560 
 21,280 
 
  ... in questionable condition is removed from track prematurely, its maximum service life is unnecessarily shortened resulting in added maintenance costs for
						Statement of Agency Policy Concerning Jurisdiction Over the Safety of Railroad Passenger Operations and Waivers Related to Shared Use of the Tracks of the General Railroad System by Light Rail and Conventional Equipment (Final Rule)
			operations within its jurisdiction. 
 
 G. 
 Hours of service laws (49 U.S.C. 21101–21108). 
 (1) The hours of service laws apply to all railroads subject to ...  
 Hours of service recordkeeping (part 228). 
 This part prescribes reporting and recordkeeping requirements with respect to the hours of service of employees ... standards. 
 
 
 ** 
 Hours of Service Statute. 
 Currently, 49 U.S.C. 21108 permits FRA to waive substantive provisions of the hours of service laws based upon
						Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program; Revisions (Final Rule)
			approved control number is 2130–0548. The estimated annual burden hours are 5,881 hours and the annual costs are $543,866. The total estimated administrative ... future demand for rail services or facilities, that the financing is justified by present and future probable demand for rail services or facilities, will ... will meet existing needs for such services or facilities, and will provide shippers or passengers with improved service; 
 (2) Description of the impact of
						Passenger Equipment Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			in passenger service from the point where the car receives a calendar day mechanical inspection and may only be used in passenger service until its next ... in passenger service and requires certain determinations to be made by a qualified person or QMP prior to continuing the equipment in service and that a ... perform a single car test on any vehicle which is placed in service after being out of service for 30 days or more. AAPRCO contends that the final rule requirement
						Revised Docket Filing Procedures for Federal Railroad Administration Rulemaking and Adjudicatory Dockets (Final Rule)
			of docketed 
information. This conversion is intended to provide better service and 
more widespread access to both the public and government users. This ... Room PL 401, 
400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001 between the hours of 
10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Tessler, Office ... downloaded for 
electronic storage or printing. There is no charge for this service.
    (b) Records of the Federal Railroad Administration created before  ... of docketed information. This conversion is intended to provide better service and more widespread access to both the public and government users. This
						Inspection and Maintenance Standards for Steam Locomotives (Final Rule)
			the 
TRAIN to promote awareness of the Hours of Service Act. Although issues 
of compliance with the Hours of Service Act are beyond the scope of 
this rule ... a current 
service day record showing the number of service days the steam 
locomotive has accrued since its last 31 service day, 92 service day, 
annual ... having to perform a 1472 
service day inspection. Grand Canyon Railway also stated that the 1472 
service day period is a valid service time for steam locomotive ... requirements and tighten others. Significant changes include: the creation of a ``service-day'' inspection system that directly relates inspection time periods to
						Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers (Final Rule)
			13,333 tests  2 hours  26,666 hours      826,646
240.211/213--Performance Test  40,000 candidates  13,333 tests  2 hours  26,666 hours    1,013,308
240 ... 40,000 tests  2 hours  80,000 hours    3,040,000
    --Annual Operational           40,000 candidates  40,000 tests  1 hour  40,000 hours    1,520,000
  ... notific. letters  1 hour  650 hours       20,150
 Disqual..
240.309--Railroad Oversight Resp.  43 railroads  43 reviews  80 hours  3,440 hours      192,640
240 ... process; clarify when certified locomotive engineers are required to operate service vehicles; and address the concern that some designated supervisors of locomotive
						Credit Assistance for Surface Transportation Projects (Final Rule)
			buyer.''
    Local Servicer. One commenter suggested that the definition of 
``local servicer'' be revised to clarify that the local servicer may 
also be the ... obligor may be its 
own servicer, it would be unsuitable for an obligor to be a servicer of 
its own credit instrument. Any local servicer will need to be an ... sources, any debt service reserve fund) are 
insufficient to pay costs specified in 23 U.S.C. 184(a)(2). These costs 
include debt service costs. The DOT
						Passenger Equipment Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			workers in order to be brought 
into service in the United Service. The BRC also recommended that the 
pre-revenue service testing plan be filed with FRA so ... or other short-haul railroad passenger service in a 
metropolitan or suburban area and commuter railroad service that was 
operated by the Consolidated ... equipment in service on or after January 1, 1998. Talgo 
stated that this proposal would render unusable its two trainsets then 
in service on lease to
						Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment Program (Final Rule)
			of a revenue-producing 
passenger transportation service between distinct points, rather than a 
service solely for the passengers' riding pleasure. (subsection ... of a revenue-producing 
passenger transportation service between distinct points, rather than a 
service solely for the passengers' riding pleasure.
    ... Internet at http://dms.dot.gov. Docket hours at the Nassif Building are 
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding Federal
						Railroad Communications (Final Rule)
			burden hours                   burden cost 

220.8--Waivers  680 railroads  2 letters  1 hour                                                   2 hours    ... that:
    (1) provides commuter service in a metropolitan or suburban area;
    (2) provides intercity passenger service; or
    (3) had 400,000 or more ... railroads providing commuter service in a 
metropolitan or suburban area, railroads providing intercity passenger 
service, and railroads with 400,000 or
						Track Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			miles per hour (not at 91 miles per 
hour) for qualified passenger equipment and a speed greater than 80 
miles per hour (not 81 miles per hour) for qualified ... railroad  1 program  8 hours  8 hours          240
    --Copies of most recent     2 railroads  13 printouts  20 hours  260 hours        7,800
     exception ... 2 railroads  1 report  8 hours  8 hours          240
    --Welding plant inspection  2 railroads  2 reports  8 hours  16 hours          480
    --Inspection
						Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness (Final Rule)
			perform service subject to the Federal hours of service laws during a 
tour or duty), but exclude persons who provide on-board food or 
beverage service or ...  18 plans  158 hours  2,844 hours  115,416           
                                      18 RRs  18 amendments  1.6 hours  29 hours  986            ...  5 updates of records.  1 hour  5 hours  140               
239.101(a)(3)  29 RR Pairs  29 negotiations  16 hours  464 hours  22,040            
239.101(a)(7)(ii) ... trains, including all railroads hosting the operations of rail passenger service. The rule also requires each affected railroad to instruct its employees
						Two-Way End-of-Train Telemetry Devices and Certain Passenger Train Operations (Final Rule)
			rail passenger service in a time of declining 
support from the public treasury. The public's interest in continued 
rail passenger service warrants reasonable ... operations. Consequently, FRA agreed 
that the mixed passenger and ``express'' service currently being 
operated by Amtrak is unique and needed to be handled separately ... one instance was found in which a mixed Amtrak train was 
detained for six hours by a freight railroad until a two-way EOT was 
applied because the freight
						Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment (Final Rule)
			policy, as well. 
With the exception of the provisions relating to the Hours of Service 
Laws contained in Part 228, FRA's maximum penalty was established ... $1,000 to $10,000 and 
$20,000, respectively, for violations of the Hours of Service Laws, 
making these penalty amounts uniform with those of FRA's other ... calculation 
using the 1992 CPI, the maximum penalties for violations of the Hours 
of Service Laws are equivalent to those of the other regulations, 
$11,000 and
						Alcohol/Drug Regulations: Technical Amendments; Qualifications for Locomotive Engineers: Correction (Final Rule)
			railroad 
may exceed hours of service if the railroad uses due diligence to 
complete testing and reports the excess hours of service.

Section 219.709  ... drug testing, when a covered service employee 
failed to provide a sufficient urine specimen within his or her hours 
of service, FRA allowed the employer ... may take more stringent disciplinary action than the eight 
hour removal from covered service required under Part 219. In the 
preamble to its final rule
						Two-Way End-of-Train Telemetry Devices (Final Rule)
			number of 
locomotives in their fleets, the ability to schedule the out-of-service 
time necessary for the installation of the front unit of a two-way EOT ... Class II 
railroads, particularly those reporting two million or more man-hours 
to FRA for calendar year 1995, have acquired or will acquire a 
sufficient ... those 
Class II and III railroads that reported two million or more man-hours 
for calendar year 1995 pursuant to 49 CFR part 225. Consequently, FRA 
specifically
						Roadway Worker Protection (Final Rule)
			would seem to indicate that the figure represents the cost of total man 
hours to provide on-track safety for lone workers at interlockings, 
controlled ... points and remotely controlled hump yards, not the 
additional cost of man hours for providing on-track safety for lone 
workers at interlockings and controlled ... from several commuter railroads and is 
committed to provide expedited service on these petitions. After 
careful consideration and for the reasons set
						Two-Way End-of-Train Telemetry Devices (Final Rule)
			brake pipe 
pressure drop, generally described as a partial service reduction, a 
full service reduction, or an emergency application.
    An EOT device ... Work train means a non-revenue service train of 4,000 trailing 
tons or less used for the administration and upkeep service of the 
railroad.
    (5) Trailing ... Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, and 
the Montana Public Service Commission to require two-way EOTs on all 
cabooseless trains operating
						Railroad Accident Reporting (Final Rule)
			transportation but that have 15 or fewer employees covered by 
the hours of service law and tourist railroads that operate or own 
track only off the general ... system of transportation 
that have 15 or fewer employees covered by the hours of service laws 
(49 U.S.C. 21101-21107) and (ii) railroads that operate or own ... that have 15 or fewer employees covered by 49 U.S.C. 
21101-21107 (hours of service) and (ii) railroads that operate or own 
track exclusively off the ... of transportation but that have 15 or fewer employees covered by the hours of service law and tourist railroads that operate or own track only off the general
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