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RIN: 2130-AB24

Publication ID: Fall 2001

Title: Regulations on Safety Integration Plans Governing Railroad Consolidations, Mergers, Acquisitions of Control and Start-Up Operations
Abstract: FRA prepared a proposed rule that would require a railroad to file a Safety Integration Plan with the Federal Railroad Administration (1) whenever a Class I railroad, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or a railroad providing commuter service proposes to merge, consolidate or acquire control of one another; (2) whenever an entity proposes to start operations as a railroad; (3) whenever a Class II railroad proposes to consolidate, merge, or acquire control of another Class II railroad with which it would directly interchange freight, or (4) whenever a railroad merger, consolidation or acquisition of control would result in operations that generate revenue in excess of the Class I threshold. The proposed rule prescribed content and subject matter areas that must be addressed in each plan before FRA may approve of such plan. FRA is in the process of preparing a final rule in this area and is working with the Surface Transportation Board to conduct coordinated rulemaking actions covering these transactions within the framework of each agency's jurisdiction.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 244 49 CFR 1.49
Legal Authority: 49 USC 20103 49 USC 20107 49 USC 21301 28 USC 2461

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	12/31/1998	63 FR 72225
NPRM Comment Period Extended	04/21/1999	64 FR 19512
Public Hearing - Notice	04/21/1999	64 FR 19512
NPRM Comment Period End	05/04/1999
Final Action	01/00/2002

Additional Information: A public hearing on this rulemaking was held on May 4, 1999.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Jon Kaplan Trial Attorney Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 493-6042