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			Your search for Documents of type Rule and affecting 49 CFR 200-299

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			Implementation of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act for a Violation of a Federal Railroad Safety Law, Federal Railroad Administration Safety Regulation or Order, or the Hazardous Material Transportation Laws or Regulations, Orders, Special Permits, and Approvals Issued Under Those Laws (Final Rule)
			On July 1, 2016, FRA published two interim final rules to comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. FRA received no comments in...
						Implementation of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act for a Violation of a Federal Railroad Safety Law, Federal Railroad Administration Safety Regulation or Order, or the Hazardous Material Transportation Laws or Regulations, Orders, Special Permits, and Approvals Issued Under Those Laws (Final Rule)
			To comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, FRA is adjusting the minimum, maximum, and aggravated maximum penalties it will...
						System Safety Program (Final Rule)
			On August 12, 2016, FRA published a final rule requiring commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop and implement a system safety program (SSP) to improve the safety of their operations. On February 10, 2017, FRA stayed the SSP final rule's...
						System Safety Program (Final Rule)
			On August 12, 2016, FRA published a final rule requiring commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop and implement a system safety program (SSP) to improve the safety of their operations. See 81 FR 53850. In this document we are issuing a...
						Drug and Alcohol Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2017 (Final Rule)
			This notice of determination provides the FRA Administrator's minimum annual random drug and alcohol testing rates for calendar year 2017.
						Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents for Calendar Year 2017 (Final Rule)
			This rule increases the rail equipment accident/incident monetary reporting threshold (reporting threshold) from $10,500 to $10,700 for railroad accidents/incidents involving property damage that occur during calendar year (CY) 2017 that FRA's...
						Railroad Police Officers (Final Rule)
			This rule amends FRA's regulations on railroad police officers to implement certain provisions of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. Consistent with the FAST Act, FRA is amending its regulations to allow: Railroads to hire...
						Update to Email Address for the Electronic Submission via the Internet of Certain Accident/Incident Reports (Final Rule)
			This final rule updates FRA's accident/incident reporting regulations to provide the current electronic mail address railroads must use to electronically submit to FRA certain accident/incident report forms.
						System Safety Program (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing this final rule to mandate that commuter and intercity passenger railroads develop and implement a system safety program (SSP) to improve the safety of their operations. A SSP is a structured program with proactive processes and...
						Inflation Adjustment of the Ordinary Maximum and Aggravated Maximum Civil Monetary Penalties for a Violation of the Hazardous Material Transportation Laws or Regulations, Orders, Special Permits, and Approvals Issued Under Those Laws (Final Rule)
			To comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, FRA is adjusting the minimum penalty, ordinary maximum penalty, and the aggravated...
						Implementation of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act for a Violation of a Federal Railroad Safety Law or Federal Railroad Administration Safety Regulation or Order (Final Rule)
			To comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, FRA is adjusting the minimum, maximum, and aggravated maximum penalties that it...
						National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory Reporting Requirements (Final Rule)
			This document responds to a petition for reconsideration of FRA's January 6, 2015, final rule addressing U.S. DOT National Highway- Rail Crossing Inventory (Crossing Inventory or Inventory) Reporting Requirements. This document amends and clarifies the...
						Railroad Workplace Safety; Roadway Worker Protection Miscellaneous Revisions (RRR) (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending its Roadway Worker Protection (RWP) regulation to resolve interpretative issues that have arisen since the 1996 promulgation of that rule. In particular, this final rule adopts certain terms, resolves miscellaneous interpretive issues,...
						Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Coverage of Maintenance of Way (MOW) Employees and Retrospective Regulatory Review-Based Amendments (Final Rule)
			In response to Congress' mandate in the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA), FRA is expanding the scope of its drug and alcohol regulation to cover MOW employees. This rule also codifies guidance from FRA compliance manuals, responds to National...
						Positive Train Control Systems (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending its regulations to address changes in deadlines for positive train control (PTC) system implementation required by the Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015. FRA is also making conforming amendments and...
						Safety Glazing Standards (Final Rule)
			In this final rule, FRA is revising and clarifying existing regulations related to the use of glazing materials in the windows of locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses. This final rule reduces paperwork and other economic burdens on the rail...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2016 (Final Rule)
			This notice of determination provides the FRA Administrator's minimum annual random drug and alcohol testing rates for calendar year 2016.
						Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents for Calendar Year 2016 (Final Rule)
			This rule maintains the rail equipment accident/incident monetary reporting threshold at $10,500 for railroad accidents/ incidents involving property damage that occur during calendar year (CY) 2016 that FRA's accident/incident reporting regulations...
						Passenger Train Exterior Side Door Safety (Final Rule)
			This final rule will improve the integrity of passenger train exterior side door safety systems and promote passenger train safety overall through new safety standards for the safe operation and use of passenger train exterior side doors. This final...
						Best Practices for Designing Vision Field Tests for Locomotive Engineers or Conductors (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing this interim interpretation to clarify provisions in its locomotive engineer and conductor qualification and certification regulations with respect to vision standards and testing. In particular, this document addresses further...
						Securement of Unattended Equipment (Final Rule)
			FRA amends the brake system safety standards for freight and other non-passenger trains and equipment to strengthen the requirements relating to the securement of unattended equipment. Specifically, FRA codifies many of the requirements already...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Reporting Positive Results for Tramadol as a Controlled Substance (Final Rule)
			This document announces that FRA will begin reporting post- accident toxicological test results for tramadol to the employee and the railroad Medical Review Officers. FRA will also begin including post-accident toxicological test results for tramadol...
						Systems for Telephonic Notification of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail and Pathway Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			The purpose of this document is to update the current schedule of civil penalties for violations of FRA's grade crossing safety regulations by adding recommended civil penalty amounts for violations of specific requirements contained in a recently...
						National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory Reporting Requirements (Final Rule)
			This final rule requires railroads that operate one or more trains through highway-rail or pathway crossings to submit information to the U.S. DOT National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory about the crossings through which they operate. These...
						Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents for Calendar Year 2015 (Final Rule)
			This rule maintains the rail equipment accident/incident monetary reporting threshold at $10,500 for railroad accidents/ incidents involving property damage that occur during calendar year (CY) 2015 that FRA's accident/incident reporting regulations...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2015 (Final Rule)
			This notice of determination provides the FRA Administrator's minimum annual random drug and alcohol testing rates for calendar year 2015. According to data from FRA's Management Information System, the rail industry's random drug testing positive rate...
						Training, Qualification, and Oversight for Safety-Related Railroad Employees (Final Rule)
			FRA is establishing minimum training standards for all safety- related railroad employees, as required by the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA). The final rule requires each railroad or contractor that employs one or more safety-related...
						Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program Application Requirements (Final Rule)
			This final rule amends the application requirements for the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program (Program). This rulemaking is prompted by enactment of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), which converted the...
						Positive Train Control Systems (RRR) (Final Rule)
			FRA's final rule primarily amends the regulations implementing a requirement of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 that certain passenger and freight railroads install positive train control (PTC) systems governing operations on certain main line...
						Railroad Workplace Safety (Final Rule)
						Signal Systems Reporting Requirements (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing this final rule as part of a paperwork reduction initiative. The final rule eliminates the regulatory requirement that each railroad carrier file a signal system status report with FRA every five years. FRA believes the report is no...
						Locomotive Safety Standards (Final Rule)
						Revisions to Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness Regulations (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending its existing regulation entitled Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness by revising or clarifying various provisions. The final rule clarifies that railroad personnel who communicate or coordinate with first responders during emergency...
						Critical Incident Stress Plans (Final Rule)
			FRA issues this final rule in accordance with a statutory mandate that the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) require certain major railroads to develop, and submit to the Secretary for approval, critical incident stress plans that provide for...
						Track Safety Standards; Improving Rail Integrity (Final Rule)
						Track Safety Standards; Improving Rail Integrity (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending the Federal Track Safety Standards to promote the safety of railroad operations by enhancing rail flaw detection processes. In particular, FRA is establishing minimum qualification requirements for rail flaw detection equipment...
						Railroad Workplace Safety; Adjacent-Track On-Track Safety for Roadway Workers (Final Rule)
			This final rule responds to two petitions for reconsideration of FRA's final rule published November 30, 2011, which would have amended the existing regulations governing the on-track safety protections of roadway workers from the movement of trains or...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2014 (Final Rule)
			According to data from FRA's Management Information System, the rail industry's random drug testing positive rate has remained below 1.0 percent for the last two years. FRA's Administrator has therefore determined that the minimum annual random drug...
						Adjustment of Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents for Calendar Year 2014 (Final Rule)
			This rule increases the rail equipment accident/incident reporting threshold from $9,900 to $10,500 for certain railroad accidents/incidents involving property damage that occur during calendar year 2014. This action is needed to ensure that FRA's...
						Passenger Train Emergency Systems II (Final Rule)
			This final rule is intended to further the safety of passenger train occupants through both enhancements and additions to FRA's existing requirements for emergency systems on passenger trains. In this final rule, FRA is adding requirements for...
						Need for Agency Approval of a Railroad's Use of Certain Technology That Has Been Previously Approved for Use by a Different Railroad (Final Rule)
			FRA is providing interim guidance on a railroad's use of processor-based signal or train control technology subject to the requirements of 49 CFR part 236, subpart H, in the situation where the railroad has not previously obtained FRA's approval to use...
						Second Interim Statement of Agency Policy and Interpretation on the Hours of Service Laws as Amended in 2008 (Final Rule)
			The hours of service laws are Federal railroad safety laws that govern such matters as the maximum on-duty periods and minimum off-duty periods for railroad employees performing certain functions. In this document FRA supplements its existing...
						Railroad Workplace Safety; Adjacent-Track On-Track Safety for Roadway Workers (Final Rule)
			This document delays the effective date of the final rule published November 30, 2011, and scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2013. The final rule mandates that roadway workers comply with specified on-track safety procedures that railroads must adopt...
						Systems for Telephonic Notification of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail and Pathway Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			This document responds to a petition for reconsideration of FRA's final rule published on June 12, 2012, mandating that certain railroads establish and maintain systems that allow members of the public to call the railroads, using a toll-free telephone...
						Vehicle/Track Interaction Safety Standards; High-Speed and High Cant Deficiency Operations (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending the Track Safety Standards and Passenger Equipment Safety Standards to promote the safe interaction of rail vehicles with the track over which they operate under a variety of conditions at speeds up to 220 m.p.h. The final rule revises...
						Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Addition of Post-Accident Toxicological Testing for Non-Controlled Substances (Final Rule)
			In 1985, FRA implemented a post-accident toxicological testing (post-accident testing) program to test railroad employees who had been involved in serious train accidents for alcohol and certain controlled substances (marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine...
						Minimum and Ordinary Maximum and Aggravated Maximum Civil Monetary Penalties for a Violation of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Laws or Regulations, Orders, Special Permits, or Approvals Under Those Laws (Final Rule)
			FRA is revising its regulations to reflect amendments to certain statutory civil monetary penalty provisions effected by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), which was enacted on July 6, 2012. These statutory amendments...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2013 (Final Rule)
						Locomotive Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			This document responds to eight petitions for reconsideration received in relation to FRA's final rule, published on April 9, 2012, which revised the existing regulations containing safety standards for locomotives. In response to the petitions, this...
						Adjustment of Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents for Calendar Year 2013 (Final Rule)
			This rule increases the rail equipment accident/incident reporting threshold from $9,500 to $9,900 for certain railroad accidents/incidents involving property damage that occur during calendar year 2013. This action is needed to ensure that FRA's...
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