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RIN: 2130-AC14

Publication ID: Spring 2017

Title: Emergency Escape Breathing Apparatus
Abstract: Section 413 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA) requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations requiring 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. FRA cannot identify an economical means of compliance. Therefore, FRA instead issued a guidance document that railroads will use to develop effective emergency escape breathing apparatus (EEBA) programs to protect railroad employees involved in transporting hazardous materials posing an inhalation hazard. In this guidance document, FRA highlighted factors to consider when selecting appropriate EEBA devices and explained various programmatic components to evaluate when developing an EEBA program.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 229
Legal Authority: Pub. L. No. 110-432, Div. A, 122 Stat.. 4848 et seq. Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 sec. 413 49 U.S.C. 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	09/00/2018

Additional Information: SB - N, IC - N, SLT - N A comment on this rulemaking was received during the RRR process.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	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: No
Agency Contact: Elliott Gillooly Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202-366-4000 Email: elliott.gillooly@dot.gov