United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2004_register executive 2010-09-23 article Part V Proposed Rules D09002ee1c815ad10 D09002ee1c815ae25 United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Federal Railroad Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency To improve the crashworthiness of railroad locomotive event recorders and to enhance the quality of information available for post- accident investigations, FRA proposes to amend its existing regulations in four major ways: By requiring that new locomotives have event recorders with "hardened" memory modules, proven by a requirement that the memory modules preserve stored data throughout a sequence of prescribed tests; by requiring that new locomotives have an event recorder that collects certain additional types of information; by simplifying standards for inspecting, testing, and maintaining event recorders; and by requiring the phasing out, over a six-year period, of event recorders that use magnetic tape as a data storage medium. FRA is also proposing to revise the definitions contained in the existing regulation to remove the letter designations so that the defined terms are presented in alphabetical order. 69 FR 39774 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-06-30/04-14636 04-14636 fr30jn04-22 RIN 2130-AB34 4910-06-P Docket No. FRA-2003-16357, Notice No. 1 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-06-30/04-14636 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-06-30/html/04-14636.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-06-30/pdf/04-14636.pdf Accident Investigation Data Preservation Event Recorders Locomotives National Transportation Safety Board Penalties Railroad Safety Railroads Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements 22 p. 39774 39795 69 FR 39774 Title 49 Part 229 49 CFR Part 229 RIN 2130-AB34 Locomotive Event Recorders; Federal Register Vol. 69, Issue PRORULE 04-14636 V DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration 2004-08-31 Docket No. FRA-2003-16357, Notice No. 1 4910-06-P 04-14636 Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

To improve the crashworthiness of railroad locomotive event recorders and to enhance the quality of information available for post- accident investigations, FRA proposes to amend its existing regulations in four major ways: By requiring that new locomotives have event recorders with "hardened" memory modules, proven by a requirement that the memory modules preserve stored data throughout a sequence of prescribed tests; by requiring that new locomotives have an event recorder that collects certain additional types of information; by simplifying standards for inspecting, testing, and maintaining event recorders; and by requiring the phasing out, over a six-year period, of event recorders that use magnetic tape as a data storage medium. FRA is also proposing to revise the definitions contained in the existing regulation to remove the letter designations so that the defined terms are presented in alphabetical order.

(1) Written comments must be received by August 31, 2004. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent possible without incurring additional expenses or delays. Edward W. Pritchard, Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance, RRS-10, Mail Stop 25, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-493-6247), or Thomas J. Herrmann, Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Mail Stop 10, Federal Railroad Administration, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-493-6036). Accident Investigation Data Preservation Event Recorders Locomotives National Transportation Safety Board Penalties Railroad Safety Railroads Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements Railroad locomotive safety standards: Event recorders, robert.brogan@fra.dot.gov http://dms.dot.gov http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 69, no. 125 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2004-06-30 continuing daily deposited born digital 511 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-06-30 P0b002ee180983d89 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr30jn04 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-06-30 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-06-30/pdf/FR-2004-06-30.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-06-30/xml/FR-2004-06-30.xml fdlp 39311 39809 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-06 FR-2004-06-30 machine generated eng FR FR-2004-06-30 69 125