[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 28 (Monday, February 13, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 10443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02876]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

49 CFR Part 270

[Docket No. FRA-2011-0060, Notice No. 4]
RIN 2130-AC31


System Safety Program

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation.

ACTION: Final rule; stay of regulations.

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SUMMARY: On August 12, 2016, FRA published a final rule requiring 
commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop and implement a 
system safety program (SSP) to improve the safety of their operations. 
See 81 FR 53850. In this document we are issuing a stay of those 
requirements until March 21, 2017.

DATES: Effective February 10, 2017, 49 CFR part 270 is stayed until 
March 21, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Navarrete, Trial Attorney, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, 
Office of Chief Counsel; telephone: 202-493-0138; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 12, 2016, FRA published a final 
rule requiring commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop 
and implement an SSP to improve the safety of their operations. See 81 
FR 53850. In this document we are issuing a stay of those requirements 
until March 21, 2017 consistent with guidance issued January 20, 2017, 
intended to provide the new Administration an adequate opportunity to 
review new and pending regulations.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20106-20107, 20118-20119, 20156, 
21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 8, 2017.
Patrick T. Warren,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-02876 Filed 2-10-17; 8:45 am]
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