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Notice of postponement of decision whether or not to issue a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking and confirmation of March 10, 1995, deadline for comments.
Summary
In accordance with a notice published on December 27, 1994 (59 FR 66501), FRA held an informal public regulatory conference on January 30-February 2, 1995, in Washington, D.C. to further discuss issues related to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) [[Page 9002]] on railroad accident reporting (59 FR 42880). Conference participants offered various alternative approaches in response to the specific proposals set forth in the NPRM. The Association of American Railroads and The American Short Line Railroad Association requested that they be allowed to address specific topics by the existing comment deadline of March 10, 1995, and that such comments be incorporated into a second or supplemental NPRM. FRA believes that a decision as to whether or not to issue a supplemental NPRM is premature at this point in the rulemaking proceeding. FRA requests that written comments addressing all issues in the NPRM be filed no later than March 10, 1995, as specified in FRA's December 27, 1994, notice. After thorough review and analysis of the submitted comments, FRA will decide whether a supplemental NPRM is in fact warranted for this rulemaking and will issue a decision in the Federal Register. FRA's decision whether or not to issue a supplemental NPRM will be based primarily on the extent that written comments address constructive, creative solutions to the subjects and issues involved in the NPRM.