# 43 Tex. Admin. Code § 7.84: 43 TAC § 7.84. Safety Risk Management Process

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## Section

- **Citation:** 43 Tex. Admin. Code § 7.84
- **Heading:** 43 TAC § 7.84. Safety Risk Management Process
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 43 TRANSPORTATION / Part 1 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION / Chapter 7 RAIL FACILITIES / 43 TAC § 7.84

## Text

(a) Each rail transit agency shall develop, and document
 in its public transportation agency safety plan, a process to identify
 and resolve hazards during its operation, including any hazards resulting
 from a subsequent system extension, rehabilitation, or modification,
 from operational changes, or from other changes within the rail transit
 environment.
(b) The safety risk management process must, at a minimum:
(1) define the rail transit agency's approach to hazard
 management and the implementation of an integrated system-wide hazard
 resolution process;
(2) specify the mechanisms used for the on-going identification
 of hazards;
(3) define the process used to evaluate identified
 hazards and prioritize them for elimination or control;
(4) identify the mechanism used to track through resolution
 the identified hazards;
(5) define minimum thresholds for the notification
 and reporting of hazards to the department; and
(6) specify the process used by the rail transit agency
 to provide on-going reporting of hazard resolution activities to the
 department.
(c) A rail transit agency shall report to the department
 hazards in accordance with the State Safety Oversight Program Standard.

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