🚌Revised Federal Regulations on School Bus Operations and Compliance
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is revising its regulations governing school bus operations to update outdated information and harmonize the regulation with current statutory language and existing practice.
Learn More🚂Administrative Updates to Signal and Train Control Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's signal and train control regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚛Proposed Hazardous Materials Regulation Aims to Reduce Business Burdens
PHMSA proposes to adopt the provisions of DOT special permit (SP) 21478 into the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR). Adoption of this special permit would authorize intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) containing a residue of a certain hazardous materials to be transported without shipping papers, placards, and motor vehicle marking of the UN identification (ID) number subject to additional operational controls. The proposed revisions provide relief from undue burdens of hazard communication requirements for low-risk transportation of empty packaging and eliminate the need for special permit renewal requests.
Learn More🚂Administrative Updates to FRA Safety Program Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's system safety program 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🚂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🛢️Streamlining Hazardous Materials Permit Renewals for Businesses
This NPRM streamlines the Hazardous Materials Regulations by allowing a grantee to file an application to renew a special permit or approval any time before its expiration date rather than requiring the application to be filed 60 days in advance.
Learn More🚛FMCSA Notice on Inspector Qualifications and Exemption Renewal
FMCSA requests public comment on an application from the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) to renew its exemption from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that allows individuals who complete a training program consistent with IANA's Intermodal Recommended Practices (IRPs) to be considered qualified inspectors for purposes of the periodic inspection rule, or qualified brake inspectors for purposes of the brake system inspection, repair and maintenance requirements. The exemption was initially granted on August 18, 2020, and expires on August 18, 2025.
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.
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