Action
Proposed rule; notice of public hearing and extension of comment period.
Summary
By notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on June 30, 2004 (69 FR 39774), FRA proposed revisions to the regulations governing locomotive event recorders in order to improve the crashworthiness of railroad locomotive event recorders and to enhance the quality of information available for post-accident investigations. In that document, FRA announced that it expected to be able to resolve this rulemaking without a public, oral hearing but indicated that if it received a specific request for a public, oral hearing, one would be scheduled. In response to that document, several commenters requested the opportunity for a public, oral hearing, and one commenter sought an extension in the time for submitting written comments. This document grants those requests.