Federal Railroad Administration December 7, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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Update to Email Address for the Electronic Submission via the Internet of Certain Accident/Incident Reports

Document Number: 2016-29309

Type: Rule

Date: 2016-12-07

Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation

This final rule updates FRA's accident/incident reporting regulations to provide the current electronic mail address railroads must use to electronically submit to FRA certain accident/incident report forms.

https://regulations.justia.com/regulations/fedreg/2016/12/07/2016-29309.html

Railroad Police Officers

Document Number: 2016-29256

Type: Rule

Date: 2016-12-07

Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation

This rule amends FRA's regulations on railroad police officers to implement certain provisions of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. Consistent with the FAST Act, FRA is amending its regulations to allow: Railroads to hire contractors as railroad police officers; railroad police officers to transfer from one state to another without immediately needing to be commissioned or certified in the new state; and a state to recognize an officer's training at another state's recognized police academy or at a Federal law enforcement training center as meeting the state's basic police officer certification or commissioning requirements.

https://regulations.justia.com/regulations/fedreg/2016/12/07/2016-29256.html