Action
Final rule; response to petitions for reconsideration.
Summary
In response to petitions for reconsideration, FRA is amending its regulation on event recorders. FRA is removing the requirement that, following an accident reportable to the National Transportation Safety Board, the railroad must refrain from extracting or analyzing event recorder data for a period of 8 hours or until that agency notifies the railroad that it will not conduct an investigation, whichever comes first. FRA is also amending the definition of ``lead locomotive'' to provide greater latitude for the location of event recorders and is simplifying the requirements for removing event recorders from service.