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DOT/FRA RIN: 2130-AC15 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Hours of Service: Passenger Train Employees(Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review) 
Abstract: This rulemaking would establish hours of service requirements for train employees engaged in commuter and intercity passenger rail transport. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
RFA Section 610 Review: Rulemaking Resulting From a Section 610 Review 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 242   
Legal Authority: PL 110-432, Div A, 122 Stat 4848 et seq    Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008    sec 108(e) (49 USC 21109)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory    10/16/2011 

Statement of Need: Required by the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law 110-432.

Summary of the Legal Basis: Required by the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law 110-432.

Alternatives: The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA of 2008) provides, in section 108 (d), that if FRA does not have a final regulation in effect by October 16, 2011, the hours of service requirements for train employees found in 49 U.S.C. section 21103, as revised by section 108 (b) of the RSIA of 2008, will go into effect for train employees of commuter and intercity passenger railroads.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits: To be determined.

Risks: The regulation is expected to reduce the risk of accidents and injuries caused or contributed to by fatigue, because it will require commuter and intercity passenger railroads to analyze the risk for fatigue in the schedules worked by their train employees, and will require that they mitigate the fatigue risks in those schedules demonstrating a risk for a level of fatigue at which safety may be compromised.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
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