🚂Proposed Changes to Conductor Certification Regulations by FRA
This proposed rule would update FRA's conductor certification requirements by reducing the information that is required on a conductor's certificate and allowing certificates to be electronic. FRA is also proposing changes to the certification revocation process and the Administrative Hearing Officer (AHO) process. Lastly, FRA is proposing other administrative updates including revising definitions and correcting errors in the regulatory text.
Learn More🚂Proposed Rule on Enforcement Discretion by the FRA
This proposed rule would clarify that FRA's Office of the Chief Counsel has discretion to decline or dismiss a violation, such as a technical violation where challenged conduct does not raise a practical safety issue.
Learn More🚆Retirement of FRA Forms and Regulatory Updates in 49 CFR Part 225
This proposed rule would retire Form FRA F 6180.107, "Alternative Record for Illnesses Claimed to be Work-Related" (Form 6180.107), and Form FRA F 6180.150, "Highway User Injury Inquiry Form" (Form 6180.150). The proposed rule would also change the record retention period required under FRA's accident reporting regulations and make other technical corrections.
Learn More🚂Administrative Updates to Railroad Accident Reporting Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's railroad accidents/incidents: reports classification, and investigations reporting regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚆Administrative Updates to Federal Railroad Safety Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's safety integration plans regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚂Administrative Updates to Rail Freight Reflectorization Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's reflectorization regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚆FRA Final Rule on Bridge Safety Standards
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's bridge safety standards regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚂Update on the Definition of "Person" in Railroad Regulations
This final rule updates the definition of "person" in FRA's regulations to provide for regulatory consistency. FRA is making these clarifying changes to better align with FRA's safety jurisdiction and to conform definitions in FRA's older regulations with the definition of "person" that FRA has used in its most recent rulemakings. In one section where "person" is defined, FRA is also replacing references to specific penalty amounts with general references to FRA's minimum civil monetary penalty, ordinary maximum civil monetary penalty, and aggravated maximum civil monetary penalty amounts, consistent with FRA's current practice.
Learn More🚦Regulatory Relief for Non-Traversable Curbs Permitting 45 MPH Speeds
This proposed rule would revise the definition of a non- traversable curb in FRA's train horn regulation in conformance with five longstanding FRA Safety Board waivers that allow highway speeds up to 45 miles per hour (mph) where these highway curbs are present.
Learn More🚦Administrative Updates to Railroad Workplace Safety Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's railroad workplace safety regulations, including updating addresses.
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