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RIN: 2130-AC01

Publication ID: Fall 2009

Title: ●Track Safety Standards; Concrete Crossties
Abstract: This rulemaking will set forth proposed limits for rail seat abrasion and concrete crosstie pad wear, and it will address the following: missing or broken rail fasteners, the loss of appropriate toe load pressure, improper fastener configuration, and excessive lateral rail movement. The rulemaking will also instruct track owners to inspect certain categories of track with concrete crossties using automated inspection technology. The Federal Railroad Administration anticipates that this rulemaking will improve the safety of railroad operations over concrete crossties and the implementation of the proposed regulations in the railroad industry within the normal 20-year window for economic analysis will generate a beneficial effect on the National economy.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 213
Legal Authority: 28 USC 2461 note and 49 CFR 1.49(m) 49 USC 20102 to 20114 and 20142

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		04/30/2010

Overall Description of Deadline: No deadline for NPRM; Final Rule deadline is April 2010.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	01/00/2010

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