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Federal Railroad
Administration
66. Whistle
Bans at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
67. Standards
for Development and Use of Processor-Based Signal and Train Control Systems
68. Locational
Requirement for Dispatching of United States Rail Operations
70. Minimum
Standards for Temperature in the Locomotive Cab
Federal Railroad Administration |
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66. |
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Popular
Title: Whistle
Bans |
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RIN
2130-AA71 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 01/13/00; End of Comment Period 05/26/00. |
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Summary: Pub. Law 103-440 requires the
Secretary to prohibit local whistle bans, except where there is no
significant risk of accidents, alternative safety measures are adequate, or
where use of a horn as a warning is impractical. After publishing an NPRM,
FRA participated in extensive public hearings to gather comments and is now
preparing a final rule to implement the statute. FRA expects a report in
January 2003 that will provide additional data on this issue before it makes
a final decision. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: Statute |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/02/1994 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
67. |
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Popular
Title: Positive
Train Control |
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RIN
2130-AA94 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 08/10/2001; End of Comment Period 11/08/2001. |
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Summary: This rulemaking seeks to
facilitate the introduction of positive train control technology by providing
performance-based standards for new signal and train control systems. FRA
moved radio communications to RIN 2130-AB19, a nonsignificant rulemaking. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/28/1995 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |
68. |
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Popular
Title: Dispatch
Rule |
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RIN
2130-AB38 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: Interim
Final Rule: Publication Date 12/11/2001; End of Comment Period 02/11/2002 |
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Summary: The interim final rule added a
requirement to FRA rail safety rules to require that dispatching of trains
traveling on U.S. soil be carried out by personnel located on U.S. soil. The
rule permits exceptions for emergency situations and very short segments of
U.S. trackage that are essentially a part of a foreign (e.g., Canadian)
system. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
12/01/1999 |
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Dates
for Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: 67 FR 75937 |
69. |
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Popular
Title: Control of
Alcohol and Drug Use |
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RIN
2130-AB39 |
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Stage: NPRM |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Summary: This action would apply FRA's
random testing and other alcohol and drug requirements to employees of a
foreign railroad whose primary reporting point is outside the United States,
and who perform train service or dispatching service in the United States.
Such employees are currently exempt from random testing, pre-employment
testing, and requirements for employee self-referral and co-worker report
policies. the latest action would reopen and extend the comment period on
this NPRM until further notice, while FRA engages in further consultations
with the governments of Canada and Mexico on the safety issues involved. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
11/30/1999 |
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Dates
for NPRM:
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Federal
Register
Citation for NPRM:
67 FR 75966 |
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Popular
Title:
Temperature |
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RIN
2130-AB46 |
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Stage: Undetermined |
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Previous
Stage:None |
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Summary: This rulemaking would amend
current minimum temperature requirements and establish maximum cab
temperature requirements. |
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Effects:
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Prompting
action: None |
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Rulemaking
Project Initiated:
02/10/1999 |
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Dates
for Undetermined:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Undetermined: None |