🚂Regulatory Updates from the Federal Railroad Administration for Businesses
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's special notice and emergency order procedures: railroad track, locomotive and equipment, including updating addresses.
Learn More🚄FRA Proposes Amendments to Railroad Safety Enforcement Procedures
This proposed rule would update FRA's railroad safety enforcement procedures and rules of practice to require electronic service of documents. This proposed rule would also establish procedures to implement new authority regarding civil penalties for alleged Federal railroad safety violations. Finally, this proposal would make other necessary administrative updates, such as correcting addresses.
Learn More🚆Updates to Railroad Alcohol and Drug Use Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's control of alcohol and drug use regulations, including updating addresses.
Learn More🚆Administrative Updates to FRA's Railroad Risk Reduction Program Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's risk reduction program regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚂Updates to Steam Locomotive Inspection and Maintenance Standards
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's steam locomotive inspection and maintenance standards regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚂FRA Updates Regulations for Locomotive Horns and Compliance Requirements
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's use of locomotive horns at public highway-rail grade crossings regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚂Proposed Rule on Freight Car Age Requirements by FRA
FRA proposes to amend its freight car safety regulations to repeal the requirement for special approval to place or continue a freight car in service if it is more than 50 years old or equipped with any design or type component listed in appendix A to this part. Instead, railroads would be able to continue or place such "overage" cars in service after complying with uniform safety requirements. Those requirements would include comprehensive shop inspections by a designated inspector, single-car air brake testing, recordkeeping, and, as appropriate, stenciling. The proposed requirements are consistent with the most important conditions that FRA now requires through the existing special approval process. Repealing the special approval process and replacing it with the proposed, uniform requirements would provide equivalent safety outcomes while reducing burdens on railroads and eliminating the added delay involved in petitioning FRA for a special approval.
Learn More🚂Administrative Updates to U.S. Rail Operations Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's U.S. locational requirement for dispatching of U.S. rail operations regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚆Key Administrative Updates to Railroad Safety Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's training, qualification, and oversight regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚂Updates to Railroad Communications Regulations by FRA
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's railroad communications regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More