Notice 22 Apr 2025 compliance, transportation, federal regulations, safety, railroad, dart

🚆Notice on DART’s Safety Regulation Waiver Petition by FRA

This document provides the public notice that Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) petitioned FRA to supplement an existing waiver from certain regulations to include locomotive horns.

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Notice 21 Apr 2025 compliance, regulations, transportation, safety, railroad, federal, conrail

🚆Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance by Conrail

This document provides the public notice that Conrail petitioned FRA for an extension of relief from certain regulations concerning periodic testing requirements on vital microprocessor-based systems.

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Notice 16 Apr 2025 regulation, transportation, business compliance, railroad, public comments, surface transportation board, acquisition, norfolk southern

🚆Norfolk Southern's Proposed Acquisition of Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line

Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (collectively, Applicants) are seeking Board approval to acquire control of Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Company (NPBL). In this decision, the Board is publishing notice of the proposed procedural schedule, inviting public comments on that schedule, and designating 2023 as the year to be used for the impact analysis.

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Notice 4 Apr 2025 compliance, regulation, railroad, transportation industry, surface transportation, waybill data

🚂Surface Transportation Board Releases Waybill Data Request Notice

The Surface Transportation Board has received a request from the University of Houston to utilize selected data from the 2010-2025 masked Carload Waybill Samples. This data contains confidential information, and objections can be filed within 14 days. The rules for data release are governed by 49 CFR 1244.9, ensuring data protection protocols are followed.

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Notice 31 Mar 2025 compliance, public meeting, railroad, legislative affairs, retirement

📅Public Meeting Notice

The Railroad Retirement Board is holding a public meeting to discuss legislative and budget updates. Members of the public must submit written requests to attend. The meeting aims to inform stakeholders about ongoing legislative affairs that could influence future railroad retirement policies.

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Notice 25 Mar 2025 compliance, information collection, regulation, safety, railroad, federal

🚆Proposed Regulatory Requirements for Railroad Workplace Safety

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its implementing regulations, FRA seeks approval of the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below. Before submitting this ICR to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval, FRA is soliciting public comment on specific aspects of the activities identified in the ICR.

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Notice 17 Mar 2025 compliance, safety standards, transportation, federal regulations, railroad, alaska

🚂Alaska Railroad's Petition for Federal Safety Regulation Waiver

This document provides the public notice that by letter received February 21, 2025, Alaska Railroad (ARRC) petitioned FRA for relief from certain regulations concerning calibration of air flow method (AFM) indicators.

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Notice 17 Mar 2025 compliance, regulation, railroad, federal-transportation, positive-train-control

🚂FRA Requests Comments on Long Island Rail Road's PTC System Amendment

This document provides the public with notice that, on March 3, 2025, Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) submitted a request for amendment (RFA) to its FRA-certified positive train control (PTC) system. FRA is publishing this notice and inviting public comment on the railroad's RFA to its PTC system.

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Notice 6 Mar 2025 compliance, regulations, transportation, safety, railroad, federal

🚆Notice of Petition for Waiver of Compliance by Federal Railroad Administration

This document provides the public notice that by letter received January 8, 2025, Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART) petitioned FRA for relief from certain regulations concerning the clean, oil, test, and stencil (COT&S) requirements of diesel multiple unit (DMU) vehicles.

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Notice 6 Mar 2025 compliance, transportation, federal regulations, railroad, rail safety

🚂Notice of Petition for Extension of Waiver of Compliance in Rail Safety

This document provides the public notice that by letter dated December 5, 2024, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (RT) petitioned FRA for an extension of relief from certain regulations concerning stenciling and reflectorization of rail cars.

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