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DOT/FRA

RIN: 2130-AC31

Publication ID: 2012

Title: Railroad System Safety Program
Abstract: This rulemaking would improve passenger railroad safety through structured, proactive processes and procedures developed by passenger railroad operators. It would require passenger railroads to establish a System Safety Program that would systematically evaluate and manage risks in order to reduce the number and rates of railroad accidents, incidents, injuries and fatalities. This rulemaking was bifurcated from 2130-AC11.
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 270
Legal Authority: 49 USC 20103    49 USC 20107    49 USC 20133    49 USC 21301 to 21302    49 USC 21304    49 USC 21311    28 USC 2461, note    49 CFR 1.49

Legal Deadline: Action Source Description Date Final  Statutory  Final Rule  10/16/2012

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite NPRM  09/07/2012  77 FR 55372    NPRM Comment Period End  11/06/2012  Final Rule  07/00/2013

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