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DOT/FRA

RIN: 2130-AC25

Publication ID: Spring 2011

Title: ●Medical Standards for Certified Locomotive Engineers and Conductors
Abstract: This rulemaking would create a medical standards program for certified locomotive engineers and conductors to reduce the risk of railroad accidents due to medical conditions that pose a risk of sudden incapacitation. The rulemaking would revise the existing hearing and vision requirements for locomotive engineers in 49 CFR part 240 and apply these requirements to train conductors in 49 CFR part 242 (See sec. 402 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008).
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 226
Legal Authority: 28 USC 2461, note    49 CFR 1.49    49 USC 20103    49 USC 20107    49 USC 20135    49 USC 201365    49 USC 21301 to 21302    49 USC 21304

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite NPRM  08/00/2012

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