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

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			Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2009 (Final Rule)
			Using data from Management Information System annual reports, FRA has determined that the 2007 rail industry random testing positive rates were 0.56 percent for drugs and 0.18 percent for alcohol. Because the industry-wide random drug testing positive...
						Adjustment of Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents for Calendar Year 2009 (Final Rule)
			This rule increases the rail equipment accident/incident reporting threshold from $8,500 to $8,900 for certain railroad accidents/incidents involving property damage that occur during calendar year 2009. This action is needed to ensure that FRA's...
						Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake Systems (Final Rule)
			On October 16, 2008, the final rule in this proceeding providing regulatory relief for implementation and use of electronically controlled pneumatic brake systems was published with an effective date of December 15, 2008. See 73 FR 61512. See 73 FR...
						Railroad Safety Enforcement Procedures; Enforcement, Appeal and Hearing Procedures for Rail Routing Decisions (Final Rule)
			In this final rule, FRA is establishing procedures to enable railroad carriers to challenge rail routing decisions made by FRA's Associate Administrator for Safety (Associate Administrator) that carry out the requirements adopted in a separate...
						Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake Systems (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing revisions to the regulations governing freight power brakes and equipment by adding a new subpart addressing electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake systems. The revisions are designed to provide for and encourage the safe...
						Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing this notice of interpretation to inform interested parties of its application and enforcement of the requirements for each railroad responsible for controlling joint operations territory to maintain a list of person(s) certified as a...
						Implementation of Program for Capital Grants for Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Projects (Final Rule)
			Section 9002 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) (Pub. L. 109-59, August 10, 2005) amends chapter 201 of Title 49 of the United States Code by adding section 20154. Section 20154...
						Railroad Operating Rules: Program of Operational Tests and Inspections; Railroad Operating Practices: Handling Equipment, Switches and Fixed Derails (Final Rule)
			This document responds to four petitions for reconsideration of FRA's final rule which was published on February 13, 2008. The rule mandated certain changes to a railroad's program of operational tests and inspections and mandated new requirements for...
						Railroad Operating Rules: Program of Operational Tests and Inspections; Railroad Operating Practices: Handling Equipment, Switches and Fixed Derails (Final Rule)
			Human factors are the leading cause of train accidents, accounting for 38 percent of the total in 2005. Human factors also contribute to employee injuries. This final rule establishes greater accountability on the part of railroad management for...
						Passenger Train Emergency Systems; Emergency Communication, Emergency Egress, and Rescue Access (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 enhancing existing requirements...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2008 (Final Rule)
			Using data from Management Information System annual reports, FRA has determined that the 2006 rail industry random testing positive rates were 0.60 percent for drugs and 0.13 percent for alcohol. Because the industry-wide random drug testing positive...
						Adjustment of Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents for Calendar Year 2008 (Final Rule)
			This rule increases the rail equipment accident/incident reporting threshold from $8,200 to $8,500 for certain railroad accidents/incidents involving property damage that occur during calendar year 2008. This action is needed to ensure that FRA's...
						Locomotive Safety Standards; Sanders (Final Rule)
			FRA is revising the existing requirements related to sanders on locomotives. This rule modifies the existing regulations by permitting additional flexibility in the use of locomotives with inoperative sanders. The rule provides railroads the ability to...
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings; Technical Amendments to Appendix D (Final Rule)
			On August 9, 2007, FRA published a direct final rule in the Federal Register which made technical amendments to Appendix D of 49 CFR Part 222. As reflected in DOT Docket No. FRA-2007-27285, FRA did not receive any comments or requests for an oral...
						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)
			To comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, FRA is adjusting the ordinary maximum penalty that it will apply when assessing a civil penalty for a violation of railroad safety statutes and regulations under its...
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings; Technical Amendments to Appendix D (Final Rule)
			This direct final rule makes technical amendments to appendix D of part 222 of the Code of Federal Regulations to update information contained in the appendix and direct the public to the most recent value of the Nationwide Significant Risk Threshold...
						Establishment of Emergency Relief Dockets and Procedures for Handling Petitions for Emergency Waiver of Safety Regulations (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing procedures governing the creation of Emergency Relief Dockets (ERD) as well as procedures for obtaining waivers from a safety rule, regulation, or standard during an emergency situation or event. FRA's purpose for establishing the ERD...
						Rules of Practice: Direct Final Rulemaking Procedures (Final Rule)
			In October 2006, FRA proposed to amend its rules of practice by adopting direct final rulemaking procedures intended to expedite the publication of routine or noncontroversial changes. FRA received no comments to this proposal, and in this rule adopts...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2007 (Final Rule)
			Using data from Management Information System annual reports, FRA has determined that the 2005 rail industry random testing positive rates were 0.73 percent for drugs and 0.17 percent for alcohol. Because the industry-wide random drug testing positive...
						Adjustment of Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents for Calendar Year 2007 (Final Rule)
			This rule increases the rail equipment accident/incident reporting threshold from $7,700 to $8,200 for certain railroad accidents/incidents involving property damage that occur during calendar year 2007. This action is needed to ensure that FRA's...
						Revisions to Civil and Criminal Penalties; Penalty Guidelines (Final Rule)
			In this final rule, the Federal Railroad Administration is revising its regulations to reflect revisions to the penalty provisions in the Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety and Security Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Title VII of the Safe,...
						Occupational Noise Exposure for Railroad Operating Employees (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending its occupational noise standards for railroad employees whose predominant noise exposure occurs in the locomotive cab. FRA's previous standard (issued in 1980) limited cab employee noise exposure to certain levels based on the duration...
						Passenger Equipment Safety Standards; Miscellaneous Amendments and Attachment of Safety Appliances on Passenger Equipment (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending its existing regulations in an effort to address various mechanical issues relevant to the manufacture, efficient utilization, and safe operation of passenger equipment and trains that have arisen since FRA's original issuance of the...
						Track Safety Standards; Inspections of Joints in Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending the Federal Track Safety Standards to improve the inspection of rail joints in continuous welded rail (CWR). On November 2, 2005, FRA published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) addressing the inspection of rail joints in CWR. FRA requested...
						Establishment of Emergency Relief Dockets and Procedures for Handling Petitions for Emergency Waiver of Safety Regulations (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing procedures governing the creation of Emergency Relief Dockets (ERD) as well as procedures for obtaining waivers from a safety rule, regulation, or standard during an emergency situation or event. FRA's purpose for establishing the ERD...
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			This document responds to petitions for reconsideration of FRA's April 27, 2005 final rule that required that the locomotive horn be sounded while trains approach and enter public highway-rail grade crossings. This document amends and clarifies the...
						Locomotive Crashworthiness (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing comprehensive, minimum standards for locomotive crashworthiness. These crashworthiness standards are intended to help protect locomotive cab occupants in the event of a locomotive collision. Examples of locomotive collision scenarios...
						Grade Crossing Signal System (Final Rule)
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2006 (Final Rule)
			Using data from Management Information System annual reports, FRA has determined that the 2004 rail industry random testing positive rate was 0.94 percent for drugs and 0.18 percent for alcohol. Since the industry-wide random drug testing positive rate...
						Revision of Method for Calculating Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents; Announcement of Reporting Threshold for Calendar Year 2006 (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending a portion of the accident reporting regulations. Specifically, FRA is amending the method for calculating the monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/ incidents. The amendment is necessary because, in 2001, the Bureau...
						Standards for Development and Use of Processor-Based Signal and Train Control Systems; Clarification and Correcting Amendments (Final Rule)
			FRA is clarifying preamble language and correcting rule text language in FRA's Standards for Development and Use of Processor-Based Signal and Train Control Systems, a final rule published on March 7, 2005 (PTC Rule). First, some language in the...
						Track Safety Standards; Inspection of Joints in Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending the Federal Track Safety Standards to improve the inspection of rail joints in continuous welded rail (CWR). This interim final rule (IFR) requires track owners to develop and implement a procedure for the detailed inspection of rail...
						Reflectorization of Rail Freight Rolling Stock (Final Rule)
			This document responds to petitions for reconsideration of FRA's January 3, 2005 rule mandating the reflectorization of freight rolling stock (freight cars and locomotives). This document amends and clarifies the final rule and also lifts the stay of...
						Railroad Workplace Safety (Final Rule)
			On February 10, 2005, FRA published an interim final rule amending regulations on railroad workplace safety to clarify an ambiguous provision concerning the circumstances under which life vests or buoyant work vests are required for bridge workers...
						Inspection and Maintenance Standards for Steam Locomotives (Final Rule)
			On April 19, 2005, FRA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to correct an inadvertent, small omission from FRA Form 4 (Boiler Specification Card) in the Steam Locomotive Inspection and Maintenance Standards. The form is used to...
						Inflation Adjustment of the Ordinary Maximum Civil Monetary Penalty for a Violation of a Federal Railroad Safety Law or Federal Railroad Administration Safety Regulation (Final Rule)
			FRA is withdrawing its final rule that adjusted from $11,000 to $15,000 the ordinary maximum civil penalty that applies when a civil penalty for a violation of railroad safety statutes and regulations is assessed under its authority, due to an error in...
						Locomotive Event Recorders (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing revisions to the regulations governing locomotive event recorders to improve the crashworthiness of railroad locomotive event recorders and to enhance the quality of information available for post-accident investigations. FRA is amending...
						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)
			To comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, FRA is adjusting the ordinary maximum penalty that it will apply when assessing a civil penalty for a violation of railroad safety statutes and regulations under its...
						Reflectorization of Rail Freight Rolling Stock (Final Rule)
			This document stays the effectiveness 49 CFR part 224, which mandates the reflectorization of certain freight rolling stock. Part 224 was established by final rule on January 3, 2005, and took effect on March 4, 2005. FRA received three petitions for...
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			On December 18, 2003, FRA published an interim final rule that required that the locomotive horn be sounded while trains approach and enter public highway-rail grade crossings. The interim final rule contained an exception to the above requirement in...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Change of Corporate Name, Address, and Telephone Numbers of Post-Accident Toxicological Testing Laboratory (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending its alcohol and drug rule to reflect changes to the corporate name, address, and telephone numbers of the laboratory designated to conduct post-accident toxicological testing.
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			On December 18, 2003, FRA published an Interim Final Rule in the Federal Register addressing the use of locomotive horns at highway- rail grade crossings. As FRA was interested in receiving public comments on all aspects of the Interim Final Rule, FRA...
						Standards for Development and Use of Processor-Based Signal and Train Control Systems (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing a performance standard for the development and use of processor-based signal and train control systems. The rule also covers systems which interact with highway-rail grade-crossing warning systems. The rule establishes requirements for...
						Railroad Workplace Safety (Final Rule)
			FRA is amending regulations on Railroad Workplace Safety to clarify an ambiguous provision concerning the circumstances under which life vests or buoyant work vests are required for bridge workers working over water.
						Reflectorization of Rail Freight Rolling Stock (Final Rule)
			FRA is issuing this final rule to mandate the reflectorization of freight rolling stock (freight cars and locomotives) to enhance the visibility of trains in order to reduce the number and severity of accidents at highway-rail grade crossings in which...
						Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2005 (Final Rule)
			Using data from Management Information System annual reports, FRA has determined that the 2003 rail industry random testing positive rate was 0.93 percent for drugs and 0.18 percent for alcohol. Since the industry-wide random drug testing positive rate...
						Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			On December 18, 2003, FRA published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) in the Federal Register (68 FR 70586) addressing the use of locomotive horns at highway-rail grade crossings. As FRA was interested in receiving public comments on all aspects of the IFR,...
						Inflation Adjustment of the Maximum and Minimum Civil Monetary Penalties for Violation of a Railroad Safety Law or Regulation; Corrections (Final Rule)
			On May 28, 2004, FRA published a final rule, which increased the minimum and aggravated maximum civil monetary penalties it applies when assessing a civil penalty for a violation of railroad safety statutes and regulations under its authority. In...
						Inflation Adjustment of the Maximum and Minimum Civil Penalties for a Violation of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Laws and Regulations (Final Rule)
			To comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, FRA is adjusting the minimum and maximum civil monetary penalties (CMP) that it will apply when assessing a penalty for a violation of the Federal hazardous material...
						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)
			To comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, FRA is adjusting the minimum and maximum civil monetary penalties that it will apply when assessing a civil penalty for a violation of railroad safety statutes and regulations...
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