Source: https://www.global-regulation.com/law/united-states/28315/systems-for-telephonic-notification-of-unsafe-conditions-at-highway-rail-and-pathway-grade-crossings.html
Timestamp: 2018-05-23 10:57:31
Document Index: 103547958

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 234', 'art 2', '§ 234', '§ 220', '§ 234', '§ 234', '§ 234', '§ 234', '§ 234', 'art 209']

Systems for Telephonic Notification of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail and Pathway Grade Crossings (United States)
Link to law: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/text/raw_text/201/512/775.txt
Beth Crawford, Transportation Specialist, Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention, Office of Safety Analysis, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202-493-6288), beth.crawford@dot.gov ; or Sara Mahmoud-Davis, Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 10, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202-366-1118), sara.mahmoud-davis@dot.gov .
FRA is revising the penalty schedule at appendix A to 49 CFR part 234 to add recommended civil penalty amounts for violations of specific requirements contained in subpart E, Emergency Notification Systems [ENS] for Telephonic Reporting of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail and Pathway Grade Crossings. ( See FRA's final rule published on June 12, 2012, 77 FR 35164; March 15, 2013, 78 FR 16414.) The recommended civil penalties are for violations related to the various requirements of an ENS, which includes the: (1) Sign(s) placed at the grade crossing that display the information necessary for the public to report an unsafe condition to the appropriate railroad; (2) method the railroad uses to receive and process a telephone call reporting the unsafe condition; (3) remedial action the appropriate railroad or railroads take to address the report of the unsafe conditions; and (4) recordkeeping conducted by the railroad(s).
Highway safety, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, State and local governments.
49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20152, 20160, 21301, 21304, 21311, 22501 note; Pub. L. 110-432, Div. A., Sec. 202; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.
234.303Emergency notification systems (ENS) for telephonic reporting of unsafe conditions at highway-rail and pathway grade crossings:
234.305Remedial actions in response to reports of unsafe conditions at highway-rail and pathway grade crossings:
(a)(1) Maintaining railroad fails under subpart C to follow subpart C of this part 2
(e) Having received a report pursuant to § 234.303(c)(1), (c)(2), (d)(1), or (d)(2), railroad fails to promptly contact the occupied controlling locomotive of the train by the quickest means available consistent with § 220.13(a) of this chapter
234.306Multiple dispatching or maintaining railroads with respect to the same highway-rail or pathway grade crossing; appointment of responsible railroad:
(b)(2) The assigned maintaining railroad in § 234.306(b)(1) fails to display on the ENS sign(s) the emergency telephone number of the dispatching railroad or primary dispatching railroad for the crossing
234.307Use of third-party telephone service by dispatching and maintaining railroads 3 :
(d)(4) 4 Dispatching or maintaining railroad fails to take appropriate action required by § 234.305.
(e) 5 Railroad fails to ensure third-party telephone service compliance with § 234.313 or § 234.315, as applicable.
234.309ENS signs in general:
234.311ENS sign placement and maintenance:
234.313Recordkeeping:
(c)(1)-(2) Responsible railroad(s) fail(s) to record in writing an appointment of a railroad, pursuant to § 234.306, or properly retain a copy of the document
234.315Electronic recordkeeping:
1 A penalty may be assessed against an individual only for a willful violation. The Administrator reserves the right to assess a penalty of up to $105,000 for any violation where circumstances warrant. See 49 CFR part 209, appendix A. To facilitate the assessment of penalty amounts, the specific types of violations of a given section are sometimes designated by the paragraph of the section ( e.g., “(a)”) and a code not corresponding to the legal citation for the violation ( e.g., “(1)”), so that the complete citation in the penalty schedule is e.g., “(a)(1).” FRA reserves the right to revise the citation of the violation in the Summary of Alleged Violations issued by FRA in the event of litigation.