Federal Railroad Administration January 8, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Adjustment of Nationwide Significant Risk Threshold
Document Number: 2021-00155
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-08
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
FRA is updating the Nationwide Significant Risk Threshold (NSRT) for purposes of FRA's regulation on the Use of Locomotive Horns at Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings. This action is needed to ensure the public has the proper permissible risk threshold to evaluate risk resulting from prohibiting routine locomotive horn sounding at highway- rail grade crossings located in quiet zones. This is the ninth update to the NSRT and it is increasing from 13,811 to 15,488.
Establishment of an Emergency Relief Docket for Calendar Year 2021
Document Number: 2021-00142
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-08
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
This Notice announces the establishment of FRA's emergency relief docket (ERD) for calendar year 2021. The designated ERD for calendar year 2021 is docket number FRA-2021-0001.
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Document Number: 2021-00141
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-08
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
Document Number: 2021-00099
Type: Notice
Date: 2021-01-08
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that FRA is forwarding the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the information collection and its expected burden. On October 5, 2020, FRA published a notice providing a 60-day period for public comment on the ICR.
Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Coverage of Mechanical Employees and Miscellaneous Amendments
Document Number: 2020-25868
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2021-01-08
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
In response to a Congressional mandate in the Substance Use- Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (SUPPORT Act), FRA is proposing to expand the scope of its alcohol and drug regulation to cover mechanical (MECH) employees who test or inspect railroad rolling equipment. FRA is also proposing miscellaneous, clarifying amendments to its alcohol and drug regulation.
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