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DHS/TSA RIN: 1652-AA55 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Public Transportation and Passenger Railroads--Security Training of Employees 
Abstract: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will propose a new regulation to improve the security of public transportation and passenger railroads in accordance with the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007. This rulemaking will propose general requirements for a public transportation security training program and a passenger railroad training program to prepare public transportation and passenger railroad employees, including frontline employees, for potential security threats and conditions. 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 49 USC 114    PL 110-53, secs 1408 and 1517   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Rule for railroads is due 6 months after date of enactment.  02/03/2008 
Final  Statutory  Rule for public transportation agencies is due 1 year after date of enactment.  08/03/2008 
Final  Statutory  Interim Rule for public transportation agencies is due 90 days after date of enactment.  11/01/2007 

Overall Description of Deadline: According to section 1408 of Public Law 110-53, Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Aug. 3, 2007; 121 Stat. 266), interim final regulations for public transportation agencies are due 90 days after the date of enactment (Nov. 1, 2007), and final regulations are due 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. According to section 1517 of the same Act, final regulations for railroads are due no later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Local 
Federalism: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Related to 1652-AA57, Related to 1652-AA59 
Agency Contact:
Morvarid Zolghadr
Branch Chief, Policy and Plans, Mass Transit and Passenger Rail Security
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Office of Transportation Sector Network Management, TSA-28, E10-113S, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598-6028
Phone:571 227-2957
Fax:571 227-0729
Email: morvarid.zolghadr@dhs.gov

Thomas Philson
Deputy Director, Regulatory and Economic Analysis
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Office of Transportation Sector Network Management, TSA-28, HQ, E10-411N, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598-6028
Phone:571 227-3236
Fax:571 227-1362
Email: thomas.philson@dhs.gov

Traci Klemm
Assistant Chief Counsel, Regulations and Security Standards
Department of Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Chief Counsel's Office, 6595 Springfield Center Drive,
Springfield, VA 20598-6002
Phone:571 227-3596
Email: traci.klemm@tsa.dhs.gov