📈Rescission of Workforce Investment Act Regulations and Business Impact
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (Department) is removing the regulations that implemented and governed the Title I Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs at the national, State, and local levels and provided program requirements applicable to all WIA formula and competitive funds. Title I of WIA was repealed by Congress with the enactment of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) on June 22, 2014, and all remaining grant funding under Title I has been closed out by the Department. Accordingly, these regulations are no longer necessary, and the Department is taking this action to remove regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for programs that are no longer operative.
Learn More🚂Updates to Railroad Safety Appliance Standards Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's railroad safety appliance standards regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚆Regulatory Updates on Passenger Equipment Safety Standards by FRA
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's passenger equipment safety standards regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚆Administrative Updates to Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's passenger train emergency preparedness regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚦Administrative Updates to Railroad Workplace Safety Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's railroad workplace safety regulations, including updating addresses.
Learn More🚆Administrative Updates to Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's railroad locomotive safety standards regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚂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.
Learn More🚂FRA Proposes Regulatory Relief for End-of-Car Cushioning Units
FRA proposes to amend regulations concerning freight car draft arrangement and end-of-car cushioning units (EOCCs) to make regulatory relief now provided by waiver permanent. The amendments would allow a freight car to remain in service if the EOCC is operative and equipped with a unit condition indicator (UCI) that indicates a non-discharged EOCC. This change would permit those EOCCs to remain in service despite the presence of clearly formed oil droplets on the unit. The amendments, if finalized, preserve the requirement to repair or replace an EOCC with clearly formed oil droplets if the unit does not have a UCI.
Learn More🚦Proposed Repeal of Outdated Railroad Safety Regulations
FRA proposes to repeal several roadway workplace safety requirements that have become obsolete. In addition, FRA proposes to establish a new special approval procedure to enable regulated entities, after public notice and FRA approval, to utilize an alternative approach to bridge worker safety that provides for an equivalent or better level of safety. Also, this rule proposes to clarify that the required training for operators of roadway maintenance machines equipped with a crane includes specific aspects such as maintaining vertical clearance.
Learn More🚂Administrative Updates to Grade Crossing Safety Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's grade crossing safety regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
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