[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 128 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 36376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17767]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

49 CFR Part 223

[FRA Docket No. PTEP-1, Notice No. 4]
RIN 2130-AA96


Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the text of the final 
rule amending the safety glazing standards for locomotives, passenger 
cars and cabooses that was issued jointly with the new final rule on 
passenger train emergency preparedness and was published on Monday, May 
4, 1998 (63 FR 24630).

DATES: Effective on July 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edward R. English, Director, 
Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance, FRA, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., RRS-10, Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone number: 202-
632-3384), or John A. Winkle, Esq., Trial Attorney, Office of Chief 
Counsel, FRA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., RCC-12, Mail Stop 10, 
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone number: 202-632-3167).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In conjunction with promulgating the final rule on passenger train 
emergency preparedness, FRA revised part 223 of title 49 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations concerning the safety glazing standards for 
locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses. Part of that revision 
included adding definitions for both Railroad and Person to part 223. 
During the revision, FRA inadvertently used the incorrect definition of 
Person. Instead of incorporating the proper definition, which currently 
appears in the final rule on passenger train emergency preparedness 
under section 239.7, FRA repeated the definition of Railroad under 
Person.

Need for Correction

    As published, 49 CFR 223.5 does not correctly define Person and 
could cause confusion in determining the scope of the regulation. Thus, 
that portion of the revised safety glazing standards is in need of 
clarification.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on May 4, 1998, of the modification to 
the safety glazing standards for locomotives, passenger cars and 
cabooses, which was contained in FR Doc. 98-11393, is corrected as 
follows:


Sec. 223.5  [Corrected]

    On page 24675, in the second column, after the definition of 
Passenger train service, the definition of ``Person'' is corrected to 
read as follows:


Sec. 223.5  Definition.

* * * * *
    Person includes all categories of entities covered under 1 U.S.C. 
1, including, but not limited to, a railroad; any manager, supervisor, 
official, or other employee or agent of a railroad; any owner, 
manufacturer, lessor, or lessee of railroad equipment, track, or 
facilities; any passenger, any trespasser or nontrespasser; any 
independent contractor providing goods or services to a railroad; and 
any employee of such owner, manufacturer, lessor, lessee, or 
independent contractor.
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    Issued in Washington, DC.
Donald M. Itzkoff,
Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-17767 Filed 7-2-98; 8:45 am]
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