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DOT/FRA | RIN: 2130-AC11 | Publication ID: Fall 2019 |
Title: Risk Reduction Program | |
Abstract:
This rule requires each Class I freight railroad and each freight railroad with inadequate safety performance to develop and implement a Risk Reduction Program (RRP) to improve the safety of its operations. RRP is a comprehensive, system-oriented approach to safety that determines a railroad operation's level of risk by identifying and analyzing applicable hazards, and involves developing plans to mitigate, if not eliminate, that risk. Each railroad has flexibility to tailor an RRP to its specific railroad operations. Each railroad must implement its RRP under a written RRP plan that FRA has reviewed and approved and conduct an annual internal assessment of its RRP. FRA will audit railroad's RRP processes and procedures. Section 103 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA) mandates this rulemaking. |
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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 |
EO 13771 Designation: Regulatory | |
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 271 | |
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 110-432, Div. A, 122 Stat. 4848 et seq. Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 sec. 103, 49 U.S.C. 20156 "Railroad Safety Risk Reduction Program" |
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Additional Information: SB - N, IC - N, SLT - N A comment on this rulemaking was received during the RRR process. Following publication of an ANPRM, FRA held hearings on July 19, 2011 (Chicago, IL), and July 21, 2011 (Washington, DC). Following NPRM publication, FRA held a hearing on August 27, 2015, and reopened the NPRM comment period several times to accommodate comments submitted in response to the hearing and information provided at a September 29, 2015, RSAC RRP Working Group Meeting. | |
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: Amanda Maizel Attorney-Adviser Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 493-8014 Email: amanda.maizel@dot.gov |