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DOT/FRA RIN: 2130-AA89 Publication ID: Fall 2001 
Title: Locomotive Cab Working Conditions 
Abstract: The agency has proposed to address crew working conditions on locomotives, pursuant to the Rail Safety Enforcement and Review Act (1992). FRA investigated a variety of locomotive working conditions, including sanitation, noise and temperature, and reported its findings to Congress. On October 31, 1996, the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) accepted a preliminary planning task to schedule handling of these issues, and established the Locomotive Crew Safety Working Group. The Working Group prepared recommendations addressing sanitation in locomotive cabs. The Working Group presented RSAC with these recommendations and the full RSAC voted to refer them to FRA as the basis for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). FRA used these recommendations as the basis for an NPRM, which was published January 2, 2001. This project was originally considered significant because of substantial public interest; however, because the rule was developed through the RSAC process, which entails participation of all parties with significant interests, the expected public interest has not materialized. 
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 229   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 20103   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Rule or Report to Congress.  03/03/1995 

Overall Description of Deadline: Report to Congress issued 9/18/96.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Open Meeting Notice  07/22/1994  59 FR 37528   
Report to Congress  09/18/1996    
NPRM (Sanitation)  01/02/2001  66 FR 136   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/05/2001    
Final Action  03/00/2002    
Additional Information: FRA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on sanitary conditions in locomotive cabs on January 2, 2001. As originally proposed, this rulemaking addressed both crew working conditions on locomotives and the crashworthiness of locomotives. However, in anticipation of issuing two distinct rulemakings, FRA has separated crashworthiness of locomotives out from the original proposal and is handling that subject in a separate rulemaking (RIN 2130-AB23).
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: State 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: Yes 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Christine Beyer
Senior Counsel, Regulations and Security Standards
TSA-2, Chief Counsel, Chief Counsel's Office, 6595 Springfield Center Drive,
Springfield, VA 20598-6002
Phone:571 227-3653
Email: christine.beyer@tsa.dhs.gov