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RIN: 2130-AC22

Publication ID: Fall 2013

Title: Passenger Train Emergency Systems; Doors, Emergency Lighting, Emergency Signage and Markings for Egress and Access, and Low-Location Emergency Exit Path Marking; Miscellaneous Amendments
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the passenger equipment safety standards to enhance standards for passenger train emergency systems and would clarify the passenger train emergency preparedness standards. Specifically, FRA would incorporate by reference three APTA emergency system standards: “Standard for Emergency Lighting System Design for Passenger Cars,” “Standard for Emergency Signage for Egress/Access of Passenger Rail Equipment,” and “Standard for Low-Location Exit Path Marking.” Miscellaneous amendments to FRA’s existing regulations would include: (1) clarifying that new passenger cars must have at least two exterior side doors, one on each side; (2) requiring removable panels/windows in vestibule doors for new passenger cars; (3) consolidating various door requirements into one section for easier reference; and (4) revising part 239 to explicitly address train crew participation in debrief and critique sessions.
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 238 49 CFR 239
Legal Authority: 28 USC 241, note 49 CFR 1.49 49 USC 20103, 20107, 20133, 20141, 20302-20303, 20306, 20701-20702 49 USC 21301-21302, 21304

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	01/03/2012	77 FR 154
NPRM Comment Period End	03/05/2012
Final Rule	11/00/2013

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