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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 


 
			Positive Train Control Systems (RRR) (Final Rule)
			documents 
 3,200 hours 
 9,600 hours. 
 
 
 
 —Requests to Use Foreign Service Data 
 38 railroads 
 2 requests 
 8,000 hours 
 16,000 hours. 
 
 
 —PTC Railroads ... PCTIP; 20 RFAs 
 535 hours; 320 hours 
 6,935 hours. 
 
 
 —Jointly Submitted PTCIPs 
 38 Railroads 
 5 PTCIPs 
 267 hours 
 1,335 hours. 
 
 
 —Notification ...  160 hours 
 3,040 hours. 
 
 
 —Review and Public Comment on RFA 
 7 Interested Groups 
 7 reviews + 20 comments 
 3 hours; 16 hours 
 341 hours.
						Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program Application Requirements (Final Rule)
			or Nancy Ellen Zusman, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353–2577. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal ... information on staffing levels, organizational structure, and use of consultant services, indicating that the State DOT was concerned that this will allow the Agencies ... in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations. The Regulatory Information Service Center publishes the Unified Agenda in April and October of each year. The
						Signal Systems Reporting Requirements (Final Rule)
			approximately one labor hour to prepare and submit to FRA. The elimination of this reporting requirement will save each railroad one hour of labor every five ... submitted by no later than April 1, 2012, and pertained to signal systems in service on or after January 1, 2012. The next five-year report is not due until ... System Five-Year Report.” Each railroad currently expends approximately one hour of labor to prepare and submit the report to FRA every five years. For the
						Critical Incident Stress Plans (Final Rule)
			passenger train service, that provides regularly-scheduled passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area and commuter railroad service that was operated ... (3) 49 U.S.C. 21105 (dispatching service employees); 
 (b) Railroad employees who are subject to the hours of service regulations at subpart F of part ... passenger train service, that provides regularly-scheduled passenger service in a metropolitan or suburban area and commuter railroad service that was operated ... approval, critical incident stress plans that provide for appropriate support services to be offered to their employees who are affected by a ``critical incident''
						Revisions to Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness Regulations (Final Rule)
			rare situations where both the hours of service regulations and the hours of service laws apply to the same period of service. 
 See 
 Second Interim Statement ... messages/2 programs/+2 safety messages 
 5 minutes/16 hours/48 hours/8 hours/+24 hours 
 300 hours. 
 
 
 
 239.105(a)(3)—Debriefing and critique—sessions ... “Federal hours of service laws” with “requirements[.]” This change is necessary for two reasons: (1) The Federal substantive hours of service regulatory
						Track Safety Standards; Improving Rail Integrity (Final Rule)
			maintain service failure rates of no more than 0.1 service failure per year per mile of track for all Class 4 and 5 track; no more than 0.09 service failure ... of rail service failure due to the presence of an undetected defect. Rail service failures are expensive to repair and can lead to costly service disruptions ... want the service failure rate to be as low as possible and look for any patterns in service failures that suggest ways to reduce the service failure rate
						Railroad Workplace Safety; Adjacent-Track On-Track Safety for Roadway Workers (Final Rule)
			years. AAR's comment asserts that four hours of additional training time will be required in year 1, and one hour of additional training time per year thereafter ... training estimate in the Special Sensitivity Analysis to four hours for year 1, and to one hour for each year thereafter. This adjustment raised the training ... cost related to disruption of scheduled revenue service and loss of passenger business due to lack of service reliability. (
 E.g., 
 TriRail experienced an
						Passenger Train Emergency Systems II (Final Rule)
			11,451 hours. 
 
 
 —Marking/posting instructions on emergency responder access doors 
 30 railroads 
 30,536 markings 
 15 minutes 
 7,634 hours. 
 
  ... 
 335 hours. 
 
 
 —Periodic testing: representative sample—removable panels/windows/etc 
 30 railroads 
 17 tested cars 
 90 minutes 
 26 hours. 
 
  ... minutes 
 50 hours. 
 
 
 238.303—Records of non-complying conditions (Current requirement) 
 30 railroads 
 150 records 
 2 minutes 
 5 hours. 
 
 
 238
						Second Interim Statement of Agency Policy and Interpretation on the Hours of Service Laws as Amended in 2008 (Final Rule)
			of the hours of service laws that makes signal employees operating motor vehicles subject to the hours of service laws and other hours of service requirements ... policy and interpretation, hours of service laws as amended in 2008; request for public comment. 
 
 
 SUMMARY: 
 The hours of service laws are Federal railroad ... Interpretations) 
 II. Background on the Hours of Service Laws and FRA's Previous Publications Interpreting the Hours of Service Laws as Amended in 2008 
 III. Additional ... of the hours of service laws that makes signal employees operating motor vehicles subject to the hours of service laws and other hours of service requirements ... 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 ... In this document FRA supplements its existing interpretations of the hours of service laws by stating the agency's interim position on some additional interpretive ... Second Interim Statement of Agency Policy and Interpretation on the Hours of Service Laws as Amended in 2008
						Vehicle/Track Interaction Safety Standards; High-Speed and High Cant Deficiency Operations (Final Rule)
			qualification and in-service monitoring requirements. Railroads can discontinue annual use of instrumented wheelsets for in-service validation as a general ... a ready-for-service condition. In consultation with the Task Force, FRA is clarifying that the vehicle type be tested in a ready-for-service condition, ... in passenger service along with the freight. This clause is modified by adding the words “if any” after the reference to passenger service, to make clear ... and accelerations, thorough reviews of vehicle qualification and revenue service test data, and consideration of international practices.
						Systems for Telephonic Notification of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail and Pathway Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			installation labor hours per sign * $42.07 per hour)] = $76,553.
 
 
 
 
 2 
  Calculation: 33,000 signs * [($15 per sign) + (.25 installation labor hours per sign ... 07 per hour) + (5% of signs needing posts * $25 per post) + (5% of signs needing posts * .5 installation labor hours per post * $42.07 per hour)] = $918 ... telephone service. 
 If a railroad subject to this subpart already has its own ENS telephone service or is using a third-party ENS telephone service, and that
						Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Addition of Post-Accident Toxicological Testing for Non-Controlled Substances (Final Rule)
			is using a non-controlled substance while subject to performing covered service. Thus, FRA will not report non-controlled substance post-accident test results ... in accordance with standards set by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). DOT in turn exempted FRA post-accident testing from its part 40 ... Saratoga & North Creek Railway. The Hawkeye Express provides commuter service to Iowa City and is owned by a Class III railroad, a small entity. The Saratoga
						Locomotive Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			“[e]ach time an RCL is placed in service and at the first practical time after the start of each shift, but not more than 2 hours after the start of that shift ... Each time an RCL is placed in service and at the first practical time after the start of each shift, but no more than 2 hours after the start of that shift ... equipment, track, or facilities; any independent contractor providing goods or services to a railroad; and any employee of such owner, manufacture, lessor, lessee
						Systems for Telephonic Notification of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail and Pathway Grade Crossings (Final Rule)
			conflict with the hours of service laws (49 U.S.C. ch. 211). FRA disagrees that this rule presents a conflict with the hours of service laws. One of the ... e.g., 
 tourist, biweekly service, or non-24-hour service), the maintaining railroad may use a third-party telephone service, in accordance with § 234 ... the many provisions in the current hours of service laws mandates that a railroad dispatching service employee, such as an operator, train dispatcher, or
						Positive Train Control Systems (RRR) (Final Rule)
			Programs 
 400 hours 
 2,400 
 
 
 —Training of Signalmen & Dispatchers 
 6 Railroads 
 300 signalmen; 20 dispatchers 
 40 hours; 20 hours 
 12,400 
  ... Railroads 
 1 PCTIP; 20 RFAs 
 535 hours; 320 hours 
 6,935 
 
 
 —Jointly Submitted PTCIPs 
 46 Railroads 
 7 PTCIPs 
 267 hours 
 1,869 
 
 
 —Notification ... 23 RFAs 
 160 hours 
 3,680 
 
 
 — Review and Public Comment on RFA 
 7 Interested Groups 
 7 reviews + 20 comments 
 3 hours; 16 hours 
 341 
 
 
 236
						Inflation Adjustment of the Aggravated Maximum Civil Monetary Penalty for a Violation of a Federal Railroad Safety Law or Federal Railroad Administration Safety Regulation or Order (Final Rule)
			22–34); the Accident Reports Act (then codified at 45 U.S.C. 38–43); the Hours of Service Act (then codified at 45 U.S.C. 61–64b); and the Signal Inspection ... 17. Pursuant to sec. 16 of RSIA, the penalty for a violation of the Hours of Service Act was changed from a flat $500 to a penalty of “up to $1,000, as ... for an aggravated maximum penalty of $20,000 for a violation of the Hours of Service Act, making these penalty amounts uniform with those of FRA's other
						Locomotive Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			8 hours 
 160 hours. 
 
 
 —Identification to FRA of Products Under Development 
 754 Railroads/3 Manufacturers 
 20 products 
 2 hours 
 40 hours. 
 ... 300 manuals 
 40 hours 
 12,000 hours. 
 
 
 —Configuration Management Control Plans 
 754 Railroads 
 300 plans 
 8 hours 
 2,400 hours. 
 
 
 —Identification ... assessment 
 4,000 hours 
 4,000 hours. 
 
 
 —Reviewer Final Report 
 754 Railroads/3 Manufacturers 
 1 report 
 80 hours 
 80 hours. 
 
 
 All estimates
						Conductor Certification (Final Rule)
			Cond 
 1 hour/560 hours 
 10,098,000 
 
 
 Modification of Training Program Due to New Laws/Regulations 
 677 railroads 
 30 programs 
 4 hours 
 120 
 ... 44 reviews/Analyses 
 40 hours 
 1,760 
 
 
 Report of Findings by RR to FRA 
 677 railroads 
 36 reports 
 4 hours 
 144 hours 
 
 
 242.301: Determinations—Territorial ... 
 677 railroads 
 950 decisions 
 2 hours 
 1,900 
 
 
 Service of Written Decision on Employee by RR + RR Service Proof 
 677 railroads 
 950 decisions
						Alternate Passenger Rail Service Pilot Program (Final Rule)
			continued provision of service, including the installment of an interim service provider and re-bidding the contract to operate the service. This section further ... continued provision of service, including the installment of an interim service provider and re-bidding the contract to operate the service. The entity providing ... Amtrak operates certain passenger rail service routes to petition FRA to be considered as a passenger rail service provider over such a route in lieu of ... Amtrak operates certain passenger rail service routes to petition FRA to be considered as a passenger rail service provider over such a route in lieu of ... Alternate Passenger Rail Service Pilot Program
						Railroad Workplace Safety; Adjacent-Track On-Track Safety for Roadway Workers (Final Rule)
			likely to take Track 3 out of service (
 e.g., 
 by establishing working limits, if Tracks 1 and 2 are already out of service) unless the work was of such ... trackside work with the track and right-of-way taken out of service, or conducted the work during hours that the track is not used.
 
 
 
 16 
  Approximately ... annual burden hours 
 
 
 Form FRA F 6180.119—Part 214 Railroad Workplace Safety Violation Report 
 350 Safety Inspectors 
 150 forms 
 4 hours 
 600
						Conductor Certification (Final Rule)
			and control of one crew member; called to perform service covered by Section 2 of the Hours of Service Act; involved with the train or yard movement of ... use alcohol either within four hours of reporting for covered service or after receiving notice to report for covered service, whichever is lesser. This is ... Cond. 
 1 hour/560 hours 
 10,098,000 
 
 
 —Modification of Training Program Due to New Laws/Regulations 
 677 railroads 
 30 programs 
 4 hours 
 120
						Safety and Health Requirements Related to Camp Cars (Final Rule)
			The name of the part is being changed from “HOURS OF SERVICE OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES” to “HOURS OF SERVICE OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES; RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING; ... subject to the substantive hours of service requirements of subpart F of part 228 as provided in 49 CFR 228.401 and the hours of service recordkeeping and reporting ... effect of the hours of service laws (49 U.S.C. ch. 211), (the authority for 49 CFR part 228, subparts C, E, and F). The hours of service laws have been ... of its train employees, signal employees, and dispatching service employees (covered-service employees) and individuals employed to maintain its right
						Track Safety Standards; Concrete Crossties (Final Rule)
			operation of trains at ten miles per hour, over an eight mile segment of track designed for twenty-five miles per hour. This data alone is insufficient to ... Railroads 
 150 reports 
 8 hours 
 1,200 
 
 
 —Field Verified Exception Reports 
 18 Railroads 
 150 field verifications 
 2 hours 
 300 
 
 
 —Provision/Availability ... procedures 
 4 hours 
 72 
 
 
 —Training of Employees in Handling Seat Deterioration 
 18 Railroads 
 2,000 trained employees 
 8 hours 
 16,000
						Hours of Service of Railroad Employees; Substantive Regulations for Train Employees Providing Commuter and Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation; Conforming Amendments to Recordkeeping Requirements (Final Rule)
			exceeds 12 hours 
 8 consecutive hours (10 consecutive hours if time on duty reaches 12 consecutive hours) 
 8 consecutive hours (10 consecutive hours if time ... of 12 hours in a 24-hour period, and a minimum off-duty time of 8 hours in a 24-hour period, or 10 hours after a period of 12 consecutive hours on duty ... changes to FRA's hours of service recordkeeping regulation, to require railroads to keep hours of service records and report excess service to FRA in a manner ... changes to FRA's hours of service recordkeeping regulation, to require railroads to keep hours of service records and report excess service to FRA in a manner ... FRA is amending its hours of service recordkeeping regulations, to add substantive hours of service regulations, including maximum on-duty periods, minimum ... Hours of Service of Railroad Employees; Substantive Regulations for Train Employees Providing Commuter and Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation; Conforming
						Railroad Safety Appliance Standards (Final Rule)
			FRA does not normally require service on labor unions. It contends that the only instance where FRA has required service upon labor unions is with respect ... identified in § 231.33(b). 
 Paragraph (b) covers service of petitions for modification. The procedures for service of petitions for modification is the same as ... Parties 
 AAR 
 565 copies 
 2 hours 
 1,130 
 
 
 —Statements of Interest to FRA 
 5 Labor Groups/Public 
 15 statements 
 7 hours 
 105 
 
 
 —Comments on
						Track Safety Standards; Concrete Crossties (Final Rule)
			Railroads 
 150 reports 
 8 hours 
 1,200 
 
 
 —Field-Verified Exception Reports 
 18 Railroads 
 150 field verifications 
 2 hours 
 300 
 
 
 —Records of ... procedures 
 4 hours 
 72 
 
 
 —Training of Employees in Handling Seat Deterioration 
 18 Railroads 
 2,000 trained employees 
 8 hours 
 16,000 
 
 
 ... Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) passenger train traveling at 60 miles per hour on the BNSF Railway Company's (BNSF) line through the Columbia River Gorge
						Miscellaneous Amendments to the Federal Railroad Administration's Accident/Incident Reporting Requirements (Final Rule)
			to, would disrupt railroad service. FRA has found through its audits and enforcement tools that the term “disruption of service” has not been consistently ... retain the disruption of service criteria. FRA did not implement this suggestion. As discussed above, the disruption of service criteria does not capture ... Total annual burden hours 
 
 
 225.6—Consolidated Reporting—New Requirements—Written Request by RR 
 718 railroads 
 4 requests 
 40 hours 
 160 
 
 
 —Written
						Positive Train Control Systems (Final Rule)
			level of chance and the measurable time period (
 e.g., 
 calendar hours, operating hours, PTC system life-cycle). Given that PIH materials releases are already ... shippers are not chilled from requesting service at new locations; however, there is already provision for requesting service at new locations, after which PTC ... Local service. 
 The railroad must affirm that there is no remaining local PIH materials traffic expected on the track segment, or that service is expected
						Restrictions on Railroad Operating Employees' Use of Cellular Telephones and Other Electronic Devices (Final Rule)
			per
 response 
 
 Total annual burden hours 
 
 
 220.8—Waivers 
 728 Railroads 
 6 petitions 
 1 hour 
 6 hours. 
 
 
 220.25—Instruction in Proper Use ... 
 1 hour 
 50 hours. 
 
 
 —Engineer and Train Crew Briefings to Use RR–Supplied Electronic Device Inside/Outside of Locomotive Cab 
 91,000 hours 
 5 ... 
 91,000 hours. 
 
 
 220.313—Instruction Railroad Written Program of Instruction 
 728 Railroads 
 728 amended programs 
 1 hour 
 728 hours. 
 
 
 —Implementation:
						Bridge Safety Standards (Final Rule)
			Audits of Inspections 
 693 Railroads 
 693 inspection audits 
 80 hours/24 hours/6 hours 
 5,470 
 
 
 237.155—Documents and Records: 
 
 
 Establishment ... part during the period the directed service order remains in effect. On rare occasions, such as a cessation of service by a railroad, the Surface Transportation ... resumption of railroad service. The inspection frequency requirements of this section do not apply to bridges that are not in railroad service. FRA notes that
						State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plans (Final Rule)
			labor hours, and an estimated overhead rate. Overhead is considered at 75% of the hourly rate. 
 Example Calculation: 
 [($39.90 per hour) * (40 hours) * ... Total annual
 responses 
 
 
 Average time
 per response 
 (hours) 
 
 
 Total annual
 burden hours 
 
 
 
 234.11—State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action ... of the 10 Identified States 
 
 Position 
 Salary 
 Hourly rate 
 Labor hours 
 Estimate 
 
 
 Program Manager, Transportation 
 $483,000.00 
 $39.90
						Positive Train Control Systems (Final Rule)
			where speeds are greater than 59 miles per hour for passenger service and 49 miles per hour for freight service. Under 49 CFR 236.0 as it existed directly ... 184 plans 
 2,150 hours 
 395,600 hours. 
 
 
 —Updates to Software Mgmt. Control Plan 
 90 Railroads 
 20 updates 
 1.50 hours 
 30 hours. 
 
 
 236.905—Updates ...  6 plans 
 135 hours 
 810 hours. 
 
 
 —Response to Request for Additional Info 
 78 Railroads 
 1 updated doc 
 400 hours 
 400 hours. 
 
 
 —Request
						Passenger Equipment Safety Standards; Front End Strength of Cab Cars and Multiple-Unit Locomotives (Final Rule)
			rail service is provided by commuter railroads, which typically operate one or both of the two most predominant types of service: Push-pull service and ... and MU locomotive service. 
 Push-pull service is passenger train service typically operated, in one direction of travel, with a conventional locomotive in ... train in MU service. This type of service does not make use of a conventional locomotive as a primary means of motive power. MU locomotive service is very
						Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers; Miscellaneous Revisions (Final Rule)
			amend. prog. 
 1 hour 
 50 hours. 
 
 
 
 —Certification Programs for New Railroads 
 20 railroads 
 20 new prog. 
 40 hours 
 800 hours. 
 
 
 —New Railroads ... 
 1 hour 
 50 hours. 
 
 
 —Written Report by Railroad Chief Operating Officer of Testing of DSLE 
 10 railroads 
 10 reports 
 1 hour 
 10 hours. 
 
 ... amended prog. 
 48 hours + 8 hour 
 7,704 hours. 
 
 
 240.201/221/223/301—List of DSLEs 
 733 railroads 
 733 updates 
 60 minutes 
 733 hours. 
 
 
 —List
						State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plans (Final Rule)
			labor hours, and an estimated overhead rate. Overhead is considered at 75% of the hourly rate. 
 Example Calculation: 
 [($42.31 per hour) * (40 hours) * ... burden hours 
 
 
 234.11—State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plans—Development and Submission of Plans 
 10 States 
 10 plans 
 600 hours 
 6,000 ... 000 hours. 
 
 
 —Disapproval of State Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Action Plan and Submission of Revised Plan 
 10 States 
 5 revised plans 
 80 hours
						Track Safety Standards; Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) (Final Rule)
			2 prog. + 5 sessions 
 16 hours 
 112 hours. 
 
 
 —GRMS inspection records 
 728 railroads 
 50 records 
 2 hours 
 100 hours. 
 
 
 213.118 Continuous ... notification 
 10 minutes 
 3 hours. 
 
 
 213.5—Responsibility of track owners 
 728 railroads 
 10 notification 
 8 hours 
 80 hours. 
 
 
 213.7—Designation ... notifications 
 45 minutes 
 2 hours. 
 
 
 —Test plans for higher curving speeds 
 1 railroad 
 2 test plans 
 16 hours 
 32 hours. 
 
 
 213.110—Gage restraint
						Amendments Updating the Address for the Federal Railroad Administration and Reflecting the Migration to the Federal Docket Management System (Final Rule)
			following places: 
 a. Appendix D; and 
 b. Appendix E. 
 
 
 
 PART 228—HOURS OF SERVICE OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES 
 
 28. The authority citation for part 228 continues ... Code. It also removes part 201, “Formal Rules of Practice for Passenger Service,” which prescribed procedures for FRA consideration of proposals to increase ... add trains pursuant to subsections 402(f) and (h) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, Public Law 91–518, 84 Stat. 1335. DOT's authority for this
						Hours of Service of Railroad Employees; Amended Recordkeeping and Reporting Regulations (Final Rule)
			employee hours of service record. Section 228.9 of the existing hours of service recordkeeping regulations required that the hours of service record be ... used for hours of service recordkeeping. The combination of pay and hours of service information on the same document facilitated employee hours of service ... amending its hours of service recordkeeping and reporting regulations to ensure the creation of records that support compliance with the hours of service laws ... amending its hours of service recordkeeping and reporting regulations to ensure the creation of records that support compliance with the hours of service laws ... to complete hours of service records, or are responsible for making determinations as to excess service and the reporting of excess service to FRA as required ... Hours of Service of Railroad Employees; Amended Recordkeeping and Reporting Regulations
						Miscellaneous Revisions to the Procedures for Handling Petitions for Emergency Waiver of Safety Regulations and the Procedures for Disqualifying Individuals From Performing Safety-Sensitive Functions (Final Rule)
			clear that railroad employees who are assigned to perform service subject to the Hours of Service Act during a duty tour are subject to the disqualification ... individuals: 
 (a) Railroad employees who are assigned to perform service subject to the Hours of Service Act (49 U.S.C. Chapt. 211) during a duty tour, whether or ... that this paragraph refers to 49 U.S.C. Chapt. 211 rather than the old hours of service statutory citation at title 45 of the United States Code.
 
 
 Section
						Adjustments to the Minimum and Maximum Civil Monetary Penalties for Violations of Federal Railroad Safety Laws or Federal Railroad Administration Safety Regulations (Final Rule)
			CMP amounts.
 
 
 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 ... range of the minimum and maximum civil penalties for a violation of the hours of service laws, making these minimum and maximum penalty amounts uniform with ... 000 per violation.” RSERA increased the minimum civil penalty for an hours of service violation to $500, the ordinary maximum civil penalty to $10,000, and
						Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brake Systems (Final Rule)
			100 hours 
 400 hours. 
 
 
 —Petitions for special approval of pre-revenue service acceptance plan 
 559 railroads 
 2 petitions 
 100 hours 
 200 hours ... hours. 
 
 
 —Service of petitions 
 559 railroads 
 4 petitions 
 40 hours 
 160 hours. 
 
 
 —Statement of interest 
 Public/railroads 
 14 statements ... statements 
 8 hours 
 112 hours. 
 
 
 —Comment 
 Public/railroads 
 13 comments 
 4 hours 
 52 hours. 
 
 
 232.103—Gen'l requirements—all train brake systems
						Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers (Final Rule)
			each certified engineer, the listing is required to indicate the class of service the railroad determines the person is qualified to perform and the date ... to be kept so that FRA may inspect and copy them during regular business hours. The requirements found in § 240.221 have not been amended since they became ... qualified for the joint operations territory; (2) the person's class of service; and, (3) the date of the railroad's certification decision. Another option
						Implementation of Program for Capital Grants for Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Projects (Final Rule)
			Total annual burden hours 
 Total annual burden cost 
 
 
 262.11—Application Process 
 50 States 
 18 applications 
 580 hours/290 hours 
 7,830 
 
 1 
  $0 ... authorize projects that make use of both active and out-of-service rail rights of way and programmed service expansions. 
 One commenter (Sacramento Regional Transit) ...  50 States 
 5 meetings 
 2 hours 
 10 
 730 
 
 
 262.15—Environmental Assessment 
 50 States 
 18 documents 
 200 hours 
 3,600 
 158,760 
 
 
 —Consultations
						Railroad Operating Rules: Program of Operational Tests and Inspections; Railroad Operating Practices: Handling Equipment, Switches and Fixed Derails (Final Rule)
			railroads that operate intercity passenger trains and provide commuter rail service. APTA's members include commuter railroads. The National Railroad Passenger ... organizations represent over 140,000 railroad workers engaged in train and engine service, train dispatching operations, equipment inspection, maintenance and repair ... argued that disqualifying an individual from performing safety sensitive service is a “more than sufficient means available to enforce [part 218,] subpart
						Railroad Operating Rules: Program of Operational Tests and Inspections; Railroad Operating Practices: Handling Equipment, Switches and Fixed Derails (Final Rule)
			interpretation of the Hours of Service Act, 45 U.S.C. 61–66 (“Hours of Service Act”). AAR stated that “[s]ince Congress has established hours-of-service restrictions ... illness of an employee;” and (5) to accurately report hours on duty pursuant to the Hours of Service Laws. Rail employees looking to seek protection against ... this scenario, the yardmaster would be performing covered service under the hours of service laws. 
 Paragraph (b)(2) of the final rule contains the requirement
						Passenger Train Emergency Systems; Emergency Communication, Emergency Egress, and Rescue Access (Final Rule)
			requirements applied only to “each railroad providing passenger train service,” a class of train service purposefully narrower than the general application section ... passenger service until the car's next periodic mechanical inspection required under § 238.307, when it would have to be repaired or removed from service. FRA ... by FRA. The rule also requires each railroad operating passenger train service to conduct emergency simulations to determine its capability to execute
						Locomotive Safety Standards; Sanders (Final Rule)
			in road service where sanders become inoperative after departure from an initial terminal. Road service will be distinguished from yard service because ... distinction between road service and switching service. Switching service means “assembling cars for train movements * * * or 
 
 moving rail equipment in connection ... work service that does not constitute a train movement.” Any movement that is not considered “switching service” would be considered “road service.” Therefore
						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 $16,000. 
 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 ... range of the minimum and maximum civil penalties for a violation of the hours of service laws, making these minimum and maximum penalty amounts uniform with ... 000 per violation.” RSERA increased the minimum civil penalty for an hours of service violation to $500, the ordinary maximum civil penalty to $10,000, and
						Revisions to Civil and Criminal Penalties; Penalty Guidelines (Final Rule)
			in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulations. The Regulatory Information Service Center publishes the Unified Agenda in spring and fall of each year. The ... 9(a) 
 Early delivery of transport vehicle that has been fumigated. (48 hours must have elapsed since fumigation.) 
 5,000. 
 
 
 173.9(b) 
 Failure to ... 000. 
 
 
   
 Loaded car: 
 
 
   
 —Failure to inspect the tank car, service equipment, or markings prior to offering the car for transportation.: If
						Occupational Noise Exposure for Railroad Operating Employees (Final Rule)
			specifically the Hours of Service law. This law limits crew working hours to 12 hours, thus also permitting work shifts of up to 12 hours. Given the fact ... Conservation Program (HCP) 
 460 Railroads 
 461 HCPs 
 150 hours/2 hours/31 hours/7.5 hours 
 2,875 
 0 (incl. in RIA). 
 
 
 —Revised Hearing Conservation ... Training Prog—Development 
 460 Railroads 
 461 programs 
 8 hours/2 hours/116 hours/1 hour 
 956 
 0 (incl. in RIA). 
 
 
 —Employee Training 
 460 Railroads ... railroad operating employees whose noise exposure equals or exceeds an 8-hour time- weighted average (TWA) of 85 decibels. FRA is also establishing design
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