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RIN: 2130-AC11

Publication ID: 2012

Title: Risk Reduction Program (RRR)
Abstract: This rulemaking would require each Class I railroad and each railroad with inadequate safety performance to develop and implement a Risk Reduction Program (RRP) to improve the safety of their operations. Each RRP would be required to include a risk analysis, a technology implementation plan, and a fatigue management plan. Railroads would be required to conduct annual internal assessments of their RRPs, which could also be externally audited by FRA.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 237
Legal Authority: PL 110-432, Div A, 122 Stat 4848 et seq Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 sec 103, 49 USC 20156 "Railroad Safety Risk Reduction Program"

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	Final Rule	10/16/2012

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	12/08/2010	75 FR 76345
ANPRM Comment Period End	02/07/2011
NPRM	05/00/2013

Additional Information: SB - N, IC - N, SLT - N Includes Retrospective Review under E.O. 13563. A comment on this rulemaking was received during the RRR process. Following publication of an ANPRM, hearings were held on July 19, 2011 (Chicago, IL) and July 21, 2011 (Washington, DC).
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	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: Yes
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