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Preliminary Summary of 1994 Accident/Incident Data for January - December

A railroad is required to make an accident/incident report within 30 days of the end of each month. The FRA examines these reports and resolves errors, omissions, and contradictory information with the reporting railroad. However, even with extensive editing the possibility exists that some...

FRA Guide for Preparing Accidents/Incidents Reports

Railroad should refer to this guide in preparing FRA accident/incident report forms. Further reference should be made to 49 C.F.R. 225. These instructions are intended solely as a guide to reporting and do not limit in any way those accidents/incidents to be reported.

Hazardous Materials Enforcement

Several field personnel have inquired about the calculations used to determine if a material meets the poison-by-inhalation requirements of 49 CFR Section 173.3a. As an illustration of these calculations, two material safety data sheets (MSDS) are analyzed.

Hazardous Materials Enforcement

Please find attached an interpretation of the legal enforceability of 49 CFR Appendix B to Subpart B of Part 107 prepared by the Senior Attorney, Research and Special Programs Administration.

Hazardous Materials Enforcement

This notice amends the 1983 Edition of the Hazardous Materials Enforcement Manual to: (1) define explicitly the statutory base for regulation; (2) to require inspection of in process tank car manufacturing and repair facilities; (3) to amend the allocation of inspection resources; and (4) to...

Special Approvals

Similar in many aspects to a Department of Transportation Exemption (DOT-E), Special Approvals (SA) are granted or denied to parties seeking approval over a packaging or specific operational constraint. The fundamental difference lies in the manner of which the application is processed. For...