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Federal Railroad
Administration
55. Whistle
Bans at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
56. Standards
for Development and Use of Processor-Based Signal and Train Control Systems
Federal Railroad Administration |
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55. |
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Popular
Title: Whistle
Bans |
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RIN
2130-AA71 |
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Stage: Interim Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM:
Publication Date 01/13/2000; End of Comment Period 05/26/2000. |
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Abstract: 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. |
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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 Interim Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Interim Final Rule: None |
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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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Abstract: 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 |
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Popular
Title: Control of
Alcohol and Drug Use |
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RIN
2130-AB39 |
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Stage: Final Rule |
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Previous
Stage: NPRM: Publication
Date 12/11/2001; Public Hearing 01/23/2002; End of Comment Period 02/11/2002;
Public Hearing / Extension of Comment Period 02/14/2002; End of Extended
Reply Comment Period 03/14/2002; Publication Date for Extension of Comment
Period 12/10/2002; Notice of Closing of Comment Period 07/28/2003; End of
Extended Comment Period 08/27/2003. |
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Abstract: 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. FRA issued a notice (68 FR 44276) closing the comment period that
had been opened until further notice. That notice also described its
consultations with the governments of Canada and Mexico on the safety issues
involved and the likely revisions it would make based, in part, on these
consultations. |
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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 Final Rule:
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Federal
Register
Citation for Final Rule: None |