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RIN: 2130-AC06

Publication ID: Fall 2013

Title: Training Standards for Railroad Employees
Abstract: This rulemaking would (1) establish minimum training standards for each class or craft of safety-related employee and equivalent railroad contractor and subcontractor employee by requiring railroads, contractors, and subcontractors to qualify and document the proficiency of such employees on 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 the training and qualification programs for FRA approval; and (3) establish a minimum training curriculum and ongoing training criteria, testing, and skills evaluation measures.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 243
Legal Authority: PL 110 thru 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	02/07/2012	77 FR 6412
NPRM Comment Period End	04/09/2012
Final Rule	04/00/2014

Additional Information: With respect to the RFA Analysis, please note the following: Businesses: Affected businesses include any employer of a safety-related railroad employee, including railroads and any contractor to a railroad. For profit training organizations and learning institutions that train safety-related railroad employees would also be affected. Organizations: Associations and other organizations that voluntarily develop model training programs for their members may also be affected. Governmental Jurisdictions: This category is only affected to the extent that a State or local jurisdiction is the owner or operator of a passenger or commuter railroad, and none of the impacted governmental jurisdictions are considered to be small entities.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations	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