2130-AC73 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2130 Federal Railroad Administration FRA 2100 Department of Transportation DOT Response to Petitions for Reconsideration of the SSP Final Rule

FRA would use this rulemaking to respond to petitions for reconsideration of the System Safety Program (SSP) final rule. FRA published the SSP final rule on August 12, 2016, as required by section 103(a) of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA). The SSP final rule requires commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop and implement an SSP to improve the safety of their operations. On October 3, 2016, FRA received four petitions for reconsideration of the final rule from certain labor organizations, state and local transportation departments and authorities, the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and the Vermont Agency of Transportation.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Other 49 CFR 270 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20106 and 20107, 20118 and 20119, 20156, 21301, 21304, 21311 28 U.S.C. No NPRM 06/00/2018 No No None No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov No No 2130-AC71 Related to Elliott Gillooly 2130 Federal Railroad Administration FRA 202-366-4000 elliott.gillooly@dot.gov 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington DC 20590