2130-AC11 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2130 Federal Railroad Administration FRA 2100 Department of Transportation DOT Risk Reduction Program

This rule requires each Class I freight railroad and each freight railroad with inadequate safety performance to develop and implement a Risk Reduction Program (RRP) to improve the safety of its operations. RRP is a comprehensive, system-oriented approach to safety that determines a railroad operation's level of risk by identifying and analyzing applicable hazards, and involves developing plans to mitigate, if not eliminate, that risk. Each railroad has flexibility to tailor an RRP to its specific railroad operations. Each railroad must implement its RRP under a written RRP plan that FRA has reviewed and approved, and conduct an annual internal assessment of its RRP. FRA will audit railroad's RRP processes and procedures. Section 103 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA) mandates this rulemaking.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Regulatory 49 CFR 271 Pub. L. No. 110-432, div. A, 122 Stat. 4848 et seq. Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 sec. 103, 49 U.S.C. 20156 "Railroad Safety Risk Reduction Program" Statutory Final 10/16/2012 Final Rule No ANPRM 12/08/2010 75 FR 76345 ANPRM Comment Period End 02/07/2011 NPRM 02/27/2015 80 FR 10950 NPRM Comment Period End 04/28/2015 NPRM Comment Period Reopened 07/30/2015 80 FR 45500 NPRM Comment Period End 09/10/2015 Final Rule 09/00/2018 Following publication of an ANPRM, FRA held hearings July 19, 2011 (Chicago, IL) and July 21, 2011 (Washington, DC). Following NPRM publication, FRA held a hearing on August 27, 2015 and reopened the NPRM comment period several times to accommodate comments submitted in response to the hearing and information provided at a September 29, 2015 RSAC RRP Working Group Meeting. No No None No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov No No Elliott Gillooly 2130 Federal Railroad Administration FRA 202-366-4000 elliott.gillooly@dot.gov 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington DC 20590