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DOT/FRA RIN: 2130-AB97 Publication ID: Fall 2009 
Title: Safety Appliance Standards, Miscellaneous Revisions 
Abstract: This rulemaking would revise the Federal Railroad Administration's Safety Appliance regulations in 49 CFR part 231 to provide greater flexibility to the industry in creating new car designs while also advancing the safety of those persons who are engaged in activities requiring them to work on and around safety appliance apparatuses. FRA would add a process to the Safety Appliance regulations that would allow an alternative method of compliance. Under this process, railroad industry representatives could submit requests for special approval to build new rail cars in accordance with existing industry safety appliance standards. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 231   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 20301 to 20306   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  03/00/2010    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Kathryn Gresham
Trial Attorney
Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 493-6063
Email: kathryn.gresham@dot.gov