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RIN: 2130-AA97

Publication ID: Spring 2000

Title: Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing of Grade-Crossing Signal Systems
Abstract: FRA is making technical changes and minor amendments to final regulations which were published on September 30, 1994. These regulations require that railroads take specific and timely actions to protect the travelling public and railroad employees from the hazards posed by malfunctioning highway-rail grade crossing warning systems, and that railroads follow specific standards for maintenance, inspection, and testing of those systems. The amendments clarify issues arising from implementation of this new regulatory program. No new costs are expected.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 234
Legal Authority: 49 USC 20103

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		06/22/1989

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	06/20/1996	61 FR 31802
Comment Period End	07/22/1996
Interim Final Rule Effective	08/19/1996
Final Action	04/00/2000

Additional Information: The final rule, RIN 2130-AA70, was published 9/30/94 (59 FR 50086), and was effective 1/1/95. In response to a petition for reconsideration, FRA conducted a review, together with rail labor and rail management, to address various implementation issues that had surfaced since the rule was enacted. After meeting with these parties in March 1995, FRA issued an Implementation Manual on April 14, 1995. An interim final rule intended to clarify implementation issues by making minor technical amendments was published on June 20, 1996, effective August 19, 1996. Response to the comments on that interim rule may result in further amendment of the rule.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Local, State
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Kathryn Shelton Trial Attorney Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 493-6063 Email: kathryn.shelton@fra.dot.gov