Notice 2 Jul 2025 business compliance, hazardous materials, tsa, rail transport, transportation security, freight rail

🚆Revision of Transportation Security Regulations Impacting Businesses

This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0051, abstracted below for OMB review and approval a revision of the currently approved collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the information collection and its expected burden and involves information to validate compliance with regulatory requirements aimed at enhancing physical surface transportation security, including security coordinator information, reporting of significant security concerns, submission of location and shipping information, chain of custody and control requirements, security training programs, and training records.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 federal regulations, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, penalties, railroad safety, virtual simulation, training requirements, freight rail, safety training

🚂Virtual Simulation Training for Brake Systems

FRA proposes to allow railroads to use three-dimensional virtual simulation to satisfy the hands-on portion of periodic refresher training under FRA's brake system training requirements, consistent with waivers FRA has granted to date. FRA has found that such virtual training provides employees with randomized scenarios that may not be readily available for hands-on training and real-time feedback on performance of duties.

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