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This report forms the framework for conducting an environmental impact analysis in accordance with
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and its implementing regulations. The purpose of this
report is to document the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) independent evaluation of...
FRA is issuing this Safety Advisory No. 2015-05 to remind track owners (typically railroads), their track maintenance personnel, and their rail flaw detection equipment operators of the importance of complying with their rail management programs and engineering procedures that address rail with...
ACCIDENT TECHNICAL REPORT for Derailment of CSX Transportation, Inc.’s Unit Crude Oil Train K08014 Transporting Crude Oil for Plains All American, Mount Carbon, West Virginia
FRA is issuing this notice to
advise the public that FRA will prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) to evaluate the potential impacts to
the human and natural environment of
the Washington Union Station
Expansion Project (Project) proposed by
the Union Station Redevelopment...
On Saturday, September 17, 2005, Metra commuter train 504 was heading north from Joliet to Chicago on the Rock Island District Line operated by the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, which is the commuter rail system that serves northeast Illinois. The train traversed a 10-...
The Office of Research, Development, and Technology of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is investigating ways to enhance regulatory requirements that address the safe, timely, and effective evacuation of occupants from passenger rail vehicles in various emergency scenarios. Several...