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	Federal Railroad Administration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) was created in 1966 as a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation to promote safe, environmentally sound, successful rail transportation.
		Until his appointment with the FRA, Boardman was transportation commissioner for the state of New York.
		Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. June 1, 2005), Joseph H. Boardman Begins Role as New Administrator for Federal Railroad Administration With Focus on Rail Safety and Intercity Passenger Rail Reform.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Railroad_Administration (166 words)

	Federal Railroad Administration Hours of Service Outline
		FRA Inspectors are to utilize the contents of this bulletin as guidance in their inspection and compliance-assurance efforts.
		The railroad is not compelled to deadhead Brakeman C back and forth between Z and Y on a daily basis because he is an incumbent of the extraboard at Z. The railroad is only required to fumish transportation to food and lodging.
		Because the Federal hours of service laws do not authorize FRA to dictate where an employee must live in relation to his or her regular reporting point, time spent in travel to and from that point is a matter of employee choice and properly considered time off duty.
	jaysworks.com /1637/fra/hours.html (7025 words)

	FR Doc 05-21845
		In its Railroad Accident Brief,\5\ the NTSB determined ``that the probable cause of the derailment was the failure of a pair of insulated joint bars due to fatigue cracking.
		FRA believes that such a system might be developed, and that a requirement for effective joint bar inspection by either visual or other effective means can provide an incentive for the railroad industry to develop such a system.
		FRA would be unable to meet the statutory requirement for prompt action if FRA were to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking, receive public comment, consider comments received, and prepare and issue a final rule.
	www.bmwe.org /News/2005/11NOV/CWR.htm (8196 words)

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		Federal funds, when appropriated, subsidize participating States for necessary personnel, training, equipment, and activities related to enforcement of Federal railroad standards, as called for under the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, as amended.
		The State must provide the Administrator with an annual (or multi-year) certification that the State agency (1) has regulatory jurisdiction, (2) has been furnished a copy of each Federal rail safety regulation, and (3) is conducting investigative and surveillance activities prescribed by the FRA Administrator.
		Federal appropriations for the State Participation Program are made on a Federal fiscal year basis for activities to be conducted in the ensuing fiscal year.
	grande.nal.usda.gov /ric/funding.php?rec_id=717&mode=show_reference (1135 words)

	Federal Transit Administration - 2000 Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In the same docket, on November 1, 1999, FRA published a separate proposed statement of policy providing details on its railroad safety jurisdiction and a detailed explanation of issues that will be addressed in its waiver process related to shared use of the general system.
		FRA may grant a waiver ``if the waiver is in the public interest and consistent with railroad safety.'' 49 U.S.C. 20103(d).
		FRA will analyze information submitted by the Petitioner to demonstrate that a safety matter is addressed by the light rail operator's system safety plan.
	www.fta.dot.gov /legal/federal_register/2000/364_1834_ENG_HTML.htm (2543 words)

	Federal Railway Administration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation was created in 1966 to ensure, promote and enforce safety throughout America's railroad system.
		FRA is working with other elements of the Department of Transportation, the private sector, and state and local governments to ensure rail transportation is fully considered.
		Federal Railroad Safety Act The FRA must generally provide the public notice of, and an opportunity to comment on, a proposed rule.
	www.epa.gov /region8/land_waste/bfhome/bftools/fra.html (381 words)

	Federal Railroad Administration Comment
		The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued their "Interim Final Rule on the Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings" on December 18, 2003.
		The FRA is soliciting written comments on the rule, and the Village of Mount Prospect urges residents to comment.
		The deadline for submitting written comments to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on the Interim Rule is on Monday, April 19, 2004 by 5:00 p.m.
	www.mountprospect.org /services/public_works/engineering/fra.html (509 words)

	Federal Railroad Administration Budget
		Overview: The Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) mission is to ensure that our Nation has safe, secure, and efficient rail transportation that enhances the quality of life for all.
		FRA's FY 2004 budget request represents, first and foremost, a commitment to both continue and improve the Nation's strong railroad safety record.
		Railroad Research and Development: In FY 2004, $35 million is requested to support research efforts in the areas of rail systems safety, track structures, train occupant protection, human factors in train operations, rolling stock and components, track and train interaction, track control, grade crossings, and hazardous materials.
	www.dot.gov /bib2004/fra.html (602 words)

	The Implementation of the Federal Railroad Administration Grade-Crossing Whistle Ban Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		FRA was required to issue final regulations for the most hazardous categories of grade crossings by November 1996, and for all other crossings by November 1998.
		In addition, in June 1995, FRA released a nationwide study of whistle bans that showed that at highway-rail crossings where train whistles are banned, the likelihood of crashes is 84 per cent greater than at similar crossings where train horns are routinely sounded.
		A quiet zone may be established at the sole discretion of the community as long as it complies with state law, FRA and the railroad are notified, and affirmation to FRA is made every 5 years.
	www.house.gov /transportation/rail/hearing/07-18-00/07-18-00memo.html (1430 words)

	Federal Transit Administration - 1996 Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In many cases (e.g., the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration rules), this process and the role of the SAP apply to drug testing as well as alcohol testing.
		The rationale for this suggestion appears to be that employers would prefer to find all relevant terms in one rule--the operating administration rule--rather than needing to be familiar with both the operating administration rule and part 40.
		Federal Railroad Administration List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 219 Alcohol and drug abuse, Railroad safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
	www.fta.dot.gov /legal/federal_register/1996/378_1800_ENG_HTML.htm (2442 words)

	US CODE: Title 49,103. Federal Railroad Administration
		(a) The Federal Railroad Administration is an administration in the Department of Transportation.
		To carry out all railroad safety laws of the United States, the Administration is divided on a geographical basis into at least 8 safety offices.
		(b) The head of the Administration is the Administrator who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
	www4.law.cornell.edu /uscode/49/103.html (272 words)

	Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration: Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing ...
		The FRA considered the cost and benefits of the final rule and while unable to quantify the cost or benefits, a qualitative analysis is included in the preamble to the final rule.
		The Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration has certified that the final rule will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities.
		FRA found that the final rule would not have a substantial effect on the states, the relationship between the federal government and the states, or the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
	www.gao.gov /decisions/majrule/og00042.htm (767 words)

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		FRA may, through authorities contained in Section 5 of the Department of Transportation Act of 1966, as amended, provide grant assistance to States to plan and implement projects designed to: o Rehabilitate, through grants or loans to railroads, preabandoned lines carrying three million gross ton miles of traffic or less per mile annually.
		FRA will continue to encourage State Rail Agencies to select rehabilitation and alternative service projects that both meet the transportation needs of shippers in rural communities in a cost-effective manner and further the goals of restructuring the national rail system.
		FRA shall provide the Administrator, Rural Development, with informational materials concerning its program procedures and objectives, annual allocation of funds memoranda, and lists of key State people administering the program for distribution to appropriate Rural Development field personnel.
	www.rurdev.usda.gov /regs/regs/doc/2000v.doc (2412 words)

	UltraLight Rail: Federal Railway Administration Ruling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		FRA requests comment on the need for particular safety requirements and the costs, benefits, and practicability of such requirements.
		FRA anticipates this rulemaking will address the inspection, testing, and maintenance of passenger equipment; equipment design and performance criteria related to passenger and crew survivability in the event of a train accident; and the safe operation of passenger train service, supplementing existing railroad safety standards.
		FRA also announces the formation of a working group to assist FRA in developing this rule.
	www.ecotopia.com /ulr/frarule.htm (179 words)

	Straight Track #48 FRA And STB Join Forces With HFD Against The NS And AAR
		Both the Surface Transportation Board and the Federal Railroad Administration have taken issue with the interpretation of the ICCTA by the Norfolk Southern Railroad, and its alter ego, the Association of American Railroads.
		The FRA has promulgated hundreds of regulations to promote railroad safety which are binding on all railroads throughout the country, and under the Federal Railway Safety Act, any area of railroad safety which is not directly covered in FRA regulations is left to each of the fifty states to regulate.
		The battle for railroad safety, and for fair compensation for injured railroad workers, is a battle that Hoey and Farina usually fights in the courtroom standing alone.
	www.felahfd.com /hfd5/ST48_newsletter.htm (884 words)

	Rulemaking Management System - Report on DOT Significant Rulemakings
		FRA investigated locomotive crashworthiness, as well as a variety of locomotive working conditions (See RIN 2130-AA89) and reported its finding to Congress.
		FRA's existing standard (issued in 1980) limits cab employee noise exposure to certain levels based on the duration of employee exposure.
		FRA expects that this rulemaking would reduce the likelihood of noise-induced hearing loss for railroad operating employees.
	regs.dot.gov /rulemakings/200511/fra.htm (366 words)

	Federal Railroad Administration - December 30, 1999
		The purpose of this meeting was to obtain first-hand information on the FRA RandD projects conducted by Volpe, to meet the Volpe staff who conduct or contract for these projects, and to understand more fully the relationship between FRA and the Volpe Center.
		However, the committee’s immediate suggestion is for FRA to review its accident causal data, and perform a focused and limited set of in-depth analyses to obtain a reliable estimate of root causes that could provide a better understanding of the data already collected.
		The committee recommends that FRA pursue research into the root causes of specific types of accidents, using all available sources of accident-related details, to improve understanding of causal factors and identify existing data gaps.
	gulliver.trb.org /publications/reports/fra_dec_30.html (1467 words)

	Reauthorization of the Federal Railroad Administration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The railroads, understandably seeking to avoid liability, has started blowing the horns at nearly every crossing, notwithstanding any local laws that may be in place, yet the communities themselves have absolutely no guidance from FRA on how to equip their crossings so as to avoid this source of incessant noise.
		The Federal Railroad Administration proposed safety standards for passenger cars last fall, and the American Public Transit Association is currently producing safety standards for the commuter rail industry through their press committee.
		But I believe that you will see on the railroad industry today not only the equipping of the locomotive, but actually the necessary training and the requirements of the railroads' operating rules that these be not only installed but used and their personnel know how to use them and do use them.
	commdocs.house.gov /committees/Trans/hpw105-62.000/hpw105-62_0.htm (16349 words)

	UTU: News
		In addition, Metrolink officials say the Federal Railroad Administration figures are not appropriate indicators of safety because the data are not statistically meaningful.
		In 1999, the Federal Railroad Administration did issue tougher crash standards for cab cars, requiring, for example, structural posts on the outside corners of cab cars that are designed to withstand hitting a 41,000-pound rigid object at up to 15 mph.
		George Gavalla, former safety chief at the Federal Railroad Administration, is part of a large group of experts who say it would be a mistake to impose tougher crash standards or forbid push operations in the passenger rail industry.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=20194 (2139 words)

	FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION : Jobs
		The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is committed to fostering a diverse, highly skilled workforce capable of meeting or exceeding our strategic goals with efficiency, innovation, and a constant focus on better serving our customers.
		The FRA is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will be considered for position vacancies regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, handicapping condition, or any other non-merit factor.
		Further information on the Act and a link to a copy of the Act can also be obtained at: (/us/content/1375).
	www.fra.dot.gov /us/jobs (190 words)

	New York official to head Federal Railroad Administration [Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers]
		The Federal Railroad Administration, part of the Department of Transportation, is a safety regulator and also a conduit for grant money.
		Boardman, a lifelong New Yorker, was raised on a dairy farm in Oneida County.
		This month, the New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, called federal regulation of the rail industry "an abject failure" after he found that CSX Transportation had failed to report and promptly fix hundreds of warning-signal malfunctions at grade crossings across the state.
	www.ble.org /pr/news/headline.asp?id=13066 (761 words)

	US CODE: Title 49,103. Federal Railroad Administration
		The words “under those laws” are substituted for “pursuant to Federal railroad safety laws” to eliminate surplus words.
		The words after “administratively final” in 49:1655(f)(3)(C) are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement of the revised title and those laws giving a right to appeal.
		The reference is included because 45:445 on which section 20134 (c) is based provides that the duties and powers under that provision are to be carried out by the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration rather than the Secretary of Transportation.
	www.law.cornell.edu /uscode/html/uscode49/usc_sec_49_00000103----000-notes.html (474 words)

	Federal Railroad Administration
		Law 103-440 requires the Secretary to prohibit local whistle bans, except where there is no significant risk of accidents, alternative safety measures are adequate, or where use of a horn as a warning is impractical.
		After publishing an NPRM, FRA participated in extensive public hearings to gather comments and is now preparing a final rule to implement the statute.
		Summary: This action would apply FRA's random testing and other alcohol and drug requirements to employees of a foreign railroad whose primary reporting point is outside the United States, and who perform train service or dispatching service in the United States.
	regs.dot.gov /rulemakings/200210/fra.htm (379 words)

	FR Doc 03-27273
		On August 26, 2003, FRA published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting comment on ICRs that the agency was seeking OMB approval.
		In keeping with the Secretary's mandate and the authority delegated from him to the FRA Administrator, FRA recently published a comprehensive regulatory revision of the then current requirements related to the inspection, testing, and maintenance of the brake equipment used in freight car operations.
		As a result of the collection of information, FRA will be better able to equalize inspector workloads, and will be better able to make informed hiring decisions regarding the most effective placement of new inspectors.
	a257.g.akamaitech.net /7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/03-27273.htm (821 words)

	Rutter picked to head Federal Railroad Administration
		The Bush Administration has nominated Allan Rutter to be administrator for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration.
		The Arlington, Va.-based National Industrial Transportation League praised the administration’s nomination of Rutter.
		His relationship with the president will help to elevate railroad issues to a higher priority and that will be good for the entire freight transportation industry," said Ed Emmett, president of the NIT League.
	www.americanshipper.com /paid/MAY01/rutter_picked.asp (118 words)

	FR Doc 04-17538
		The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on May 17, 2004 (69 FR 27968).
		On May 17, 2004, [[Page 46205]] FRA published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting comment on ICRs that the agency was seeking OMB approval.
		Federal law requires OMB to approve or disapprove paperwork packages between 30 and 60 days after the 30 day notice is published.
	a257.g.akamaitech.net /7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-17538.htm (607 words)

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