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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 01 August 2016 - 06:57 PM

Progressive Railroading, 8/1:

 
FRA unveils final version of new rule governing passenger-rail safety

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) late last week issued a new final rule that requires passenger railroads to identify safety hazards and to work to reduce and mitigate them.

The rule is designed to prevent safety problems from escalating into incidents, injuries or deaths, FRA officials said in a press release.

The System Safety Program (SSP) requires passenger railroads to put into place a defined and measurable safety culture; identify potential safety hazards and reduce or eliminate them; and to document and demonstrate how they will achieve compliance with FRA regulations.

The rule aims to build on current regulations to help the industry move from a reactive to more proactive approach to safety, FRA officials said.

 

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Posted 12 February 2017 - 05:39 PM

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration                              

49 CFR Part 270

[Docket No. FRA-2011-0060, Notice No. 4]                                        

RIN 2130-AC31  

 

System Safety Program

 

AGENCY:  Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation.

 

ACTION:  Final rule; stay of regulations.

 

SUMMARY:  On August 12, 2016, FRA published a final rule requiring commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop and implement a system safety program (SSP) to improve the safety of their operations.  See 81 FR 53850.  In this document we are issuing a stay of those requirements until March 21, 2017. 

 

DATES:  Effective February 10, 2017, 49 CFR part 270 is stayed until March 21, 2017. 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Matthew Navarrete, Trial Attorney,

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Chief

Counsel; telephone: 202-493-0138; e-mail: Matthew.Navarrete@dot.gov.

 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  

               On August 12, 2016, FRA published a final rule requiring commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop and implement an SSP to improve the safety of their operations.  See 81 FR 53850.  In this document we are issuing a stay of those requirements until March 21, 2017 consistent with guidance issued January 20, 2017, intended to provide the new Administration an adequate opportunity to review new and pending regulations.  

 

Authority:  49 U.S.C.  20103, 20106-20107, 20118-20119, 20156, 21301, 21304,

21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

               

              Issued in Washington, DC, on February 8, 2017.

 ______________________________________

Patrick T. Warren Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 2017-02876 Filed: 2/10/2017 8:45 am; Publication Date:  2/13/2017]

 



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Posted 07 December 2017 - 11:02 AM

Safety + Health, 11/30/17:
 

Agency announces another delay of safety program requirement for passenger railroads

 

 

Washington – The Federal Railroad Administration again is delaying its requirement for commuter and intercity passenger railroads to create and implement a system safety program.

 

The requirement, which was set to go into effect Dec. 4, is being pushed back by one year. FRA initially published its final rule on Aug. 12, 2016, with an effective date of Oct. 11, 2016, but has delayed that on multiple occasions, including four times this year.

 

The agency’s stated reasons for the latest delay include “multiple requests for a continued stay of the rule, the comment received supporting a stay, the lack of opposition to a stay in either the comments or at the public [Railroad Safety Advisory Committee] meeting (on Oct. 30), and FRA’s interest in addressing the issues raised in the State petitions prior to requiring full compliance with the SSP final rule,” according to a Nov. 30 Federal Register notice.

 

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Posted 30 June 2019 - 07:18 AM

Progressive Railroading, 6/25/19
 

NTSB calls on FRA to stop delaying passenger-rail safety rule

 

 

Prompted by a fatal Amtrak train derailment in 2017, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to implement a passenger-rail operations safety program "without further delay."

The NTSB statement followed the release yesterday of its final report on the agency's investigation into the Amtrak derailment that occurred in DuPont, Washington.

 

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