Federal Railroad Administration April 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document announces an additional 15-day period to file comments in this proceeding. This extension provides interested parties an opportunity to comment on recently revised or new standards developed by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) that are related to the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in this proceeding.

In a separate document published today, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is requiring railroad carriers to compile annual data on specified shipments of hazardous materials (security-sensitive materials), use the data to analyze safety and security risks along rail transportation routes where those materials are transported, assess alternative routing options, and make routing decisions based on those assessments. This document proposes procedures to enable railroad carriers to challenge rail routing decisions made by the FRA Associate Administrator for Safety in accordance with PHMSA's requirements.