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RIN: 2130-AB24

Publication ID: Spring 2003

Title: Regulations on Safety Integration Plans Governing Railroad Consolidations, Mergers, Acquisitions of Control, and Start-Up Operations
Abstract: FRA drafted its response to petitions for reconsideration of the final rule, published on March 15, 2002, that requires a railroad to file a Safety Integration Plan with the Federal Railroad Administration whenever a Class I railroad proposes to merge, consolidate, or acquire control of another Class I or Class II railroad with which it proposes to amalgamate operations. See 67 FR 68041 (Nov. 8, 2002). The final rule prescribed content and subject matter areas that must be addressed in each plan before FRA may approve of such plan. FRA prepared the final rule and the response to the petitions, and coordinated with the Surface Transportation Board to issue rulemaking actions covering these transactions within the framework of each agency's jurisdiction. This rulemaking action is now completed.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
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 Rule	03/15/2002	67 FR 11582
Final Rule; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration	11/08/2002	67 FR 68041

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