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RIN: 2130-AC12

Publication ID: Fall 2011

Title: Grade Crossing--Telephone Services
Abstract: This rulemaking would require a railroad (1) to establish a toll-free telephone service for rights of ways over which it dispatches trains to receive calls about grade crossing problems, (2) on hearing a report of a malfunctioning safety device at a crossing or a disabled vehicle blocking the tracks, to immediately warn trains operating near the crossing and as necessary public safety officers, etc., (3) to post at each crossing on rights of way that it owns the toll-free telephone number and its purpose and the National Crossing Inventory identification number assigned to the crossing.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 234
Legal Authority: PL 110-432, Div A, 122 Stat 4848 et seq Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 sec 205 49 USC 20152

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	Final Rule	04/16/2010

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	03/04/2011	76 FR 11992
NPRM Comment Period End	05/03/2011
Final Rule	03/00/2012

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