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 2009_register executive 2009-07-21 article Part III Proposed Rules D09002ee1c8053fea D09002ee1c8054180 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 FRA proposes regulations implementing a requirement of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 that certain passenger and freight railroads install positive train control systems. The proposal includes required functionalities of the technology and the means by which it would be certified. The proposal also describes the contents of the positive train control implementation plans required by the statute and contains the proposed process for submission of those plans for review and approval by FRA. These proposed regulations could also be voluntarily complied with by entities not mandated to install positive train control systems. 74 FR 35950 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2009-07-21/E9-17184 E9-17184 FR21JY09-33 RIN 2130-AC03 4910-06-P Docket No. FRA-2008-0132, Notice No. 1 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2009-07-21/E9-17184 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-07-21/html/E9-17184.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-07-21/pdf/E9-17184.pdf Highway Safety Penalties Railroad Safety Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Administrative Practice and Procedure Positive Train Control 79 p. 35950 36028 74 FR 35950 Title 49 Part 229 49 CFR Part 229 Title 49 Part 234 49 CFR Part 234 Title 49 Part 235 49 CFR Part 235 Title 49 Part 236 49 CFR Part 236 RIN 2130-AC03 Positive Train Control Systems; Federal Register Vol. 74, Issue PRORULE E9-17184 III DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration 2009-08-20 Docket No. FRA-2008-0132, Notice No. 1 4910-06-P E9-17184 Notice of proposed rulemaking.

FRA proposes regulations implementing a requirement of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 that certain passenger and freight railroads install positive train control systems. The proposal includes required functionalities of the technology and the means by which it would be certified. The proposal also describes the contents of the positive train control implementation plans required by the statute and contains the proposed process for submission of those plans for review and approval by FRA. These proposed regulations could also be voluntarily complied with by entities not mandated to install positive train control systems.

(1) Written comments must be received by August 20, 2009. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent possible without incurring additional expenses or delays. Thomas McFarlin, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance, Staff Director, Signal & Train Control Division, Federal Railroad Administration, Mail Stop 25, West Building 3rd Floor West, Room W35-332, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202-493-6203); or Jason Schlosberg, Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, RCC-10, Mail Stop 10, West Building 3rd Floor, Room W31-217, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202-493-6032). Highway Safety Penalties Railroad Safety Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Administrative Practice and Procedure Positive Train Control Positive Train Control Systems , nakia.jackson@dot.gov robert.brogan@dot.gov http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/PubAffairs/09-23-08FinalStatementFRAAdministratorPTC_Sen_Boxer_Meeting.pdf http://www.ntsb.gov/Recs/letters/1987/R87_16.pdf http://www.ntsb.gov/Recs/mostwanted/original_list.htm http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 74, no. 138 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2009-07-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 321 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2009-07-21 P0b002ee180023ea3 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:FR21JY09 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2009-07-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-07-21/pdf/FR-2009-07-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-07-21/xml/FR-2009-07-21.xml fdlp 35763 36075 DGPO 2009-07-21 2024-06-04 FR-2009-07-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2009-07-21 74 138