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DOT/FRA RIN: 2130-AC20 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: State Action Plans; Highway-Rail Grade Crossings 
Abstract: This rulemaking would require the top ten States with the highest grade crossing collision averages for the past three years to submit State-specific grade crossing safety plans to the Federal Railroad Administration. It will also provide guidance and assistance for the development and implementation of these plans. FRA had published a direct final rule in the Federal Register and received one adverse comment regarding the direct final rule. This rulemaking replaces the withdrawn direct final rule. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 234   
Legal Authority: PL 110 to 432, Div A, 122 Stat 484    Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2008    sec 202 (uncodified)   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory  Final Rule  10/16/2009 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/13/2009  74 FR 58589   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/14/2009    
NPRM Comment Period Extended  01/15/2010  75 FR 2466   
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  02/22/2010    
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End  03/08/2010    
Final Rule  06/28/2010  75 FR 36551   
Final Rule Effective  08/27/2010    
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 
Related RINs: Related to 2130-AC05 
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