Railroad Accident Reporting

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

49 CFR Part 225

RIN 2130-AA58

[FRA Docket No. RAR-4, Notice No. 8]

Railroad Accident Reporting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).

ACTION: Notice of public regulatory conference and extension of comment

period.

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SUMMARY: FRA is scheduling a public regulatory conference to further

discuss issues related to its notice of proposed rulemaking on railroad

accident reporting. This public regulatory conference is scheduled for

January 9-13, 1995, in Sacramento, California. In order to assimilate

the information discussed at this public regulatory conference, FRA is

extending the comment period on its notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM) to amend the railroad accident reporting regulations to February

10, 1995.

DATES: (1) Written Comments: Written comments must be received no later

than February 10, 1995. Comments received after that date will be

considered to the extent practicable without incurring additional

expense or delay.

(2) Public Regulatory Conference: A public regulatory conference to

discuss particular issues raised in the NPRM will be held January 9-13,

1995, in Sacramento, California.

ADDRESSES: (1) Written Comments: Written comments should identify the

docket number and the notice number and must be submitted in triplicate

to the Docket Clerk, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad

Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 8201, Washington, DC

20590. Persons desiring to be notified that their written comments have

been received by FRA should submit a stamped, self-addressed postcard

with their comments. The Docket Clerk will indicate on the postcard the

date on which the comments were received and will return the card to

the addressee. Written comments will be available for examination, both

before and after the closing date for comments, during regular business

hours in room 8201 of the Nassif Building at the above address.

(2) Public Regulatory Conference: The public regulatory conference

will be held at the following location and date:

Location: Executive Inn, 2030 Arden Way, Sacramento, California

(telephone 800-793-2030).

Date: January 9-13, 1995.

Time: beginning at 9:00 a.m. each day.

Persons desiring to participate in the public regulatory conference

should notify the Docket Clerk by telephone (202-366-0635) or by

writing to: Docket Clerk, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad

Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 8201, Washington, DC

20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina C. Appleton, Trial Attorney,

Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590 (telephone 202-366-0628); or Robert Finkelstein, Chief, Systems

Support Division, Office of Safety Analysis, Office of Safety, FRA, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-366-2760).

SUPPLEMENTARY iNFORMATION: Following publication of the NPRM in the

Federal Register (59 FR 42880), FRA held a series of public hearings to

allow interested parties the opportunity to comment on specific issues

addressed in the NPRM. Public hearings were held in Washington, DC on

October 5-6; in Kansas City, Missouri on October 19; and in Portland,

Oregon on November 3. These hearings were attended by several

railroads, organizations representing railroads, labor organizations,

and a state governmental agency.

Most of the interested parties at the hearings requested that

additional public hearings should be scheduled in order to address

specific issues of concern. FRA believes it would be beneficial to hold

a public regulatory conference so that further discussion and exchange

of ideas is facilitated by all interested groups. FRA plans to publish

an agenda for the public regulatory conference in the Federal Register

as soon as practicable

.Issued in Washington, DC, on November 15, 1994.

S. Mark Lindsey,

Acting Federal Railroad Administrator.

[FR Doc. 94-28589 Filed 11-17-94; 8:45 am]

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