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RIN: 2130-AC06

Publication ID: Fall 2011

Title: Training Standards for Railroad Employees
Abstract: This rulemaking will (1) establish minimum training standards for each class or craft of safety-related employee and equivalent railroad contractor and subcontractor employee that require railroads, contractors, and subcontractors to qualify or otherwise document the proficiency of such employees in each such class and craft regarding their knowledge and ability to comply with Federal railroad safety laws and regulations and railroad rules and procedures intended to implement those laws and regulations, etc.; (2) require submission of railroads´, contractors´, and subcontractors´ training and qualification programs for FRA approval; and (3) establish a minimum training curriculum and ongoing training criteria, testing, and skills evaluation measures for track and equipment inspectors employed by railroads and railroad contractor and subcontractors.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 243
Legal Authority: PL 110-432, Div A, 122 Stat 4848 et seq Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2008 sec 401 (49 USC 20162)

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	Final Rule	10/16/2009

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	01/00/2012

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