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This NPRM proposes provisions that would implement a recent statutory change to the pre-employment alcohol testing provisions of the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991. The proposal would harmonize the regulations with the statute by...
Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R.R., all time spent awaiting the arrival of a deadhead vehicle for transportation...
FRA proposes rules for the protection of railroad employees working on or near railroad tracks. This regulation would require that each railroad devise and adopt a program of on-track safety to provide employees working along the railroad with...
Each of the Department's alcohol testing rules include a definition of a substance abuse professional. By this action, the Department is consolidating these definitions into its Department-wide testing procedures rule and adding to the definition...
FRA amends the locomotive safety standards to increase train visibility. This action requires that certain locomotives be equipped with auxiliary lights to enable motorists, railroad employees and pedestrians to recognize approaching trains at a...
FRA is scheduling a public regulatory conference to further discuss issues related to two-way end-of-train telemetry devices (2-way EOTs) previously developed in its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on power brakes published on September 16, 1994....
In connection with the President's Regulatory Reform Initiative, the FRA has reviewed all of its exiting regulations. This review identified regulations in 49 CFR Chapter II that are being removed because they are obsolete or the authorization for them...
FRA published a notice on July 3, 1995 (60 FR 34498), which stated that a second or supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) would be issued for the rulemaking (59 FR 42880) to revise the railroad accident reporting regulations. The decision...
Using data from Management Information System (MIS) annual reports, FRA has calculated that the rail industry random drug testing positive rate for 1994 was 0.808 per cent. Since the industry-wide random drug positive rate continues to be below 1.0 per...
Under the authority of 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20143, and 20701, FRA will hold a public hearing in the format of a technical conference on November 28, 1995, in order to hear comments on the Locomotive Visibility Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). This...
This interim final rule amends two different regulations to clarify the procedures that will be employed in hearings involving the determination of an individual's fitness for performing safety- sensitive functions and those regarding certification of...
FRA proposes to amend the locomotive safety standards to increase train visibility. This action requires that certain locomotives be equipped with auxiliary lights to enable motorists, railroad employees and pedestrians to recognize approaching trains...
In accordance with a notice published on December 27, 1994 (59 FR 66501), FRA held a public regulatory conference on January 30- February 2, 1995, in Washington, DC to further discuss issues related to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on...
On March 1, 1995, FRA published an amendment (49 CFR 218.24) to the final rule on safety standards for utility employees working as temporary members of train and yard crews. The amendment, which permitted one-person crews to work within the...
In response to petitions for reconsideration, FRA is amending its regulation on event recorders. FRA is removing the requirement that, following an accident reportable to the National Transportation Safety Board, the railroad must refrain from...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently issued a decision that vacated the pre-employment alcohol testing requirements of the Federal Highway Administration's alcohol testing rule. The Court remanded this provision to the...
The Federal Railroad Administration is announcing an additional meeting of the Advisory Committee on Regulatory negotiation (concerning the protection of railroad employees who work on or adjacent to track and face the risk of injury from moving trains...
FRA issues an interim statement of policy for the safety of railroad bridges. FRA establishes suggested criteria for railroads to use to ensure the structural integrity of bridges that carry railroad tracks. FRA will subsequently make the interim...
FRA's new ``post-accident shipping boxes'' (formerly designated ``post-accident testing toxicology kits'') are now available for distribution to railroads. Each shipping box contains supplies, instructions, and custody and control forms that have been...
On April 7, 1995, FRA published in the Federal Register a notice changing the hearing date in this rulemaking from May 9, 1995 to April 24, 1995. FRA has reconsidered the hearing schedule as a result of comments from members of the public regarding the...
On March 2, 1995, FRA published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (60 FR 11649) regarding the selection and installation of grade crossing warning systems. A public hearing was scheduled for May 9, 1995. Due to scheduling...
On August 16, 1993, FRA published safety standards for utility employees working as temporary members of train and yard crews. FRA now amends a definition, responds to the concerns raised in petitions to reconsider the final rule, issues an amendment...
In accordance with a notice published on December 27, 1994 (59 FR 66501), FRA held an informal public regulatory conference on January 30-February 2, 1995, in Washington, D.C. to further discuss issues related to its notice of proposed rulemaking...
The Federal Railroad Administration is announcing as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) its meeting schedule for the Advisory Committee on Regulatory negotiation (concerning the protection of railroad employees who work on...
The Federal Railroad Administration is announcing the establishment of an advisory committee to develop a report including a recommended proposed rule concerning the protection of railroad employees who work on or adjacent to track and face the risk of...