Federal Railroad Administration November 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Request for Comments
Document Number: E5-6527
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-11-28
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Requirements (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs describe the nature of the information collections and their expected burdens. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collections of information was published on September 16, 2005 (70 FR 54798).
Bay Area To Central Valley High-Speed Train Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
Document Number: E5-6526
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-11-28
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
FRA is issuing this notice to advise the public that FRA with the California High Speed Rail Authority (Authority) will jointly prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS) and programmatic (program) environmental impact report (EIR) for the San Francisco Bay Area to Central Valley portion of the California High- Speed Train (HST) System in compliance with state and Federal laws, in particular the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). FRA is also issuing this notice to solicit public and agency input into the development of the scope of the Bay Area to Central Valley HST Program EIR/EIS and to advise the public that outreach activities conducted by the Authority and its representatives will be considered in the preparation of the EIR/EIS. The FRA and the Authority recently completed a Program EIR/EIS as the first-phase of a tiered environmental review process for the Proposed California HST system, and as part of the selected HST Alternative defined a broad corridor between the Bay Area and Central Valley generally bounded by (and including) the Pacheco Pass (SR-152) to the South, the Altamont Pass (I-580) to the North, the BNSF Corridor to the East, and the Caltrain Corridor to the West. The Bay Area to Central Valley HST Program EIR/EIS will further examine this broad corridor as the next phase of the tiered environmental review process.
FRA Emergency Order No. 24, Notice No. 2; Emergency Order No. 24: Hand-Operated Main Track Switches; Amendment
Document Number: 05-23303
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-11-25
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) issues this notice to amend Emergency Order No. 24 (EO 24) in response to informal comments received from railroads and labor organizations. This amendment provides additional guidance, clarifying amendments and expanded relief from the EO.
Long Island Railroad; Supplemental Notice of Public Hearing and Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 05-23027
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-11-22
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Long Island Rail Road; Notice of Public Hearing
Document Number: 05-22393
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-11-10
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Document Number: 05-22391
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-11-10
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Track Safety Standards; Inspection of Joints in Continuous Welded Rail (CWR)
Document Number: 05-21845
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-11-02
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
FRA is amending the Federal Track Safety Standards to improve the inspection of rail joints in continuous welded rail (CWR). This interim final rule (IFR) requires track owners to develop and implement a procedure for the detailed inspection of rail joints in CWR. This IFR also requires track owners to keep records of those inspections.
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