Action
Final rule; response to petitions for reconsideration.
Summary
On January 2, 1997, FRA published a final rule revising the regulations governing train and locomotive power braking systems at 49 CFR part 232 to include provisions pertaining to the use and design of two-way end-of-train telemetry devices (two-way EOTs). See 62 FR 278. The revisions were intended to improve the safety of railroad operations by requiring the use of two-way EOTs on a variety of freight trains, in accordance with legislation enacted in 1992, and by providing minimum performance and operational standards related to the use and design of the devices. In this document, FRA responds to concerns raised in two petitions for reconsideration of the final rule.