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Conforming the Federal Railroad Administration�s Accident/Incident Reporting Requirements to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration�s Revised Reporting Requirements; Other Amendments

FRA proposes to conform, to the extent practicable, its regulations on accident/incident reporting to the revised reporting regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor. This action will permit the comparability of data on occupational...

Accident Reporting

FRA proposes to amend the railroad accident reporting rules in several ways: requiring the adoption of internal control procedures, allowing the submission of reports on computer diskettes or magnetic tapes, revising accident and injury reporting forms, revising recordkeeping requirements, and...

Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

FRA is issuing rules to require that a locomotive horn be sounded while a train is approaching and entering a public highway-rail crossing. The rules also provide for an exception to the above requirement in circumstances in which there is not a significant risk of loss of life or serious...

Training, Qualification, and Oversight for Safety-Related Railroad Employees

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Qualifications for Locomotive Engineers; and, Railroad Safety Enforcement Procedures�Disqualification Procedures: Procedural Changes to Accommodate FRA Hearing Officers

This interim final rule amends two different regulations to clarify the procedures that will be employed in hearings involving the determination of an individual�s fitness for performing safety-sensitive functions and those regarding certification of locomotive engineers.

Hazardous Materials: Enhancing RailTransportation Safety and Security forHazardous Materials Shipments

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration and the Transportation Security Administration, is revising the current requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations applicable to the safe and secure transportation of...

Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards: Clarifying Amendments; Headlights and Auxiliary Lights

This rulemaking action makes a technical clarification to certain locomotive headlight and auxiliary light provisions. The purpose of this modification is to codify FRA�s longstanding acceptance of lamps used in locomotive headlights and auxiliary lights. FRA believes that the clarifications...

U.S. Locational Requirement for Dispatching of U.S. Rail Operations

This Interim Final Rule adds a new regulation that requires all dispatching of railroad operations that occur in the United States to be performed in the United States, with three minor exceptions. First, a railroad is allowed to conduct dispatching of railroad operations in the United States...

Grade Crossing Signal System Safety

FRA is amending the final rule requiring that railroads comply with specific maintenance, inspection, and testing requirements for active highway-rail grade crossing warning systems. The final rule being amended also requires that railroads take specific and timely actions to protect the...

Establishment of Emergency Relief Dockets and Procedures for Handling Petitions for Emergency Waiver of Safety Regulations

FRA is issuing procedures governing the creation of Emergency Relief Dockets (ERD) as well as procedures for obtaining waivers from a safety rule, regulation, or standard during an emergency situation or event. FRA's purpose for establishing the ERD and emergency waiver procedures is to provide...

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