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DOT/FRA RIN: 2130-AC12 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Grade Crossing—Telephone Services 
Abstract: This rulemaking would require a railroad (1) to establish a toll-free telephone service for rights of ways over which it dispatches trains to receive calls about grade crossing problems; (2) on hearing a report of a malfunctioning safety device at a crossing or a disabled vehicle blocking the tracks, to immediately warn trains operating near the crossing and as necessary public safety officers, etc.; and (3) to post at each crossing on rights of way that it owns the toll-free telephone number and its purpose and the National Crossing Inventory identification number assigned to the crossing. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 234   
Legal Authority: PL 110–432, Div A, 122 Stat 4848 et seq    Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008    sec 205 49 USC 20152   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory  Final Rule  04/16/2010 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/00/2010    
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