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DOT/FRA RIN: 2130-AC14 Publication ID: 2012 
Title: Emergency Escape Breathing Apparatus (RRR) 
Abstract: This rulemaking would prescribe regulations that require railroads to provide specified emergency escape breathing apparatus for all crew members in locomotive cabs on freight trains carrying poison-inhalation-hazard hazardous material and provide training in its use. 
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 229   
Legal Authority: PL 110-432, Div A, 122 Stat 4848 et seq    Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008    sec 413 49 USC 20166   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Final Rule  04/16/2010 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/05/2010  75 FR 61386   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/06/2010 
Final Rule  07/00/2013 
Additional Information: SB - N, IC - N, SLT - N Includes Retrospective Review under E.O. 13563. A comment on this rulemaking was received during the RRR process.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov   Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Kathryn Gresham
Trial Attorney
Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE,
Washington, DC 20590
Phone:202 493-6063
Email: kathryn.gresham@dot.gov