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Indicator: 1
[Output]
Measurements in/of Recommendations Made
Relationships: Department of Transportation - Narrower_Than
Other Information:
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee
| Type |
Target |
Actual |
| StartDate |
2010-10-01 |
2010-10-01 |
| EndDate |
2011-09-30 |
2011-09-30 |
| Number |
n/a |
33 |
| Description |
Unspecified |
1. RSAC Task 1996-01 - (Completed) Reviewed and provided recommendations to the Administrator regarding revising the Freight
Power Brake Regulations. 2. RSAC Task 1996-02 - (Completed) Reviewed and provided recommendations to the Administrator regarding
revisions to the Track Safety Standards (49 CFR Part 213).3. RSAC Task 1996-03 - (Completed) Reviewed and provided recommendations
to the Administrator regarding revisions to the Radio Standards and Procedures (49 CFR Part 220).4. RSAC Task 1996-05 - (Completed)
Reviewed and provided recommendations to the Administrator regarding revisions to Steam Locomotive Inspection Standards (49
CFR Part 230). 5. RSAC Task 1996-06 - (Completed) Reviewed and provided recommendations to the Administrator regarding revisions
to miscellaneous aspects of the regulations addressing Locomotive Engineer Certification (49 CFR Part 240). 6. RSAC Task 1996-07
- (Completed) Provided recommendations to the Administrator on developing Roadway Maintenance Machines (On-Track Equipment)
Safety Standards. 7. RSAC Task 1996-08 - (Completed) This Planning Task evaluated the need for action responsive to recommendations
contained in a report to Congress entitled, “Locomotive Crashworthiness & Working Conditions.”8. RSAC Task 1997-01 - (Completed)
Locomotive Crashworthiness, Final Rule published June 28, 2006 (71 FR 36887). 9. RSAC Task 1997-02 - (Completed) Locomotive
Cab Working Conditions (Noise), Final Rule published October 17, 2006 (71 FR 63065). 10. RSAC Task 1997-02 - (Completed) Evaluated
the extent to which environmental, sanitary, and other working conditions in locomotive cabs affect the crew’s health and
the safe operation of locomotives, and provided recommendations to the Administrator.11. RSAC Task 1997-03 - (Completed) Provided
recommendations to the Administrator on developing event recorder data survivability standards. 12. RSAC Task 1997-04 and
1997-05 - (Completed) provided recommendations to the Administrator on defining Positive Train Control (PTC)functionalities,
describing available technologies, evaluating costs and benefits of potential systems, and considering implementation opportunities
and challenges, including demonstration and deployment. 13. RSAC Task 1997-06 - (Completed) Revising various regulations to
address the safety implications of processor-based signal and train control technologies, including communications-based operating
systems and provided recommendations to the Administrator.14. RSAC Task 1997-07 - (Completed) Determining damages qualifying
an event as a reportable train accident and provided recommendations to the Administrator.15. RSAC Task 2001-01 - (Completed)
Developing conformity of FRA’s regulations for accident/incident reporting (49 CFR Part 225) to revised regulations of the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, and to make appropriate revisions to the FRA
Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports (Reporting Guide). 16. RSAC Task 2003-01 - (Open) Passenger Safety (General
Mechanical), Final Rule published October 19, 2006 (71 FR 61835); 17. RSAC Task 2003-01 - (Open) Passenger Train Emergency
Systems; Emergency Communication, Emergency Egress, and Rescue Access Final Rule published February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6370);18.
RSAC Task 2005-02, (Open) Railroad Operating Practices: Handling Equipment, Switches and Fixed Derails Final Rule published
February 13, 2008 (73 FR 8442);19. RSAC Task 2006-01, (Open) Locomotive Safety Standards Final Rule published October 19,
2007 (72 FR 59216).20. RSAC Task 2006-02, Track Safety Standards; Inspections of Joints in Continuous Welded Rail (CWR 0 Final
Rule published October 11, 2006 (71 FR 59677); 21. RSAC Task 2006-02 (Complete) Track Safety Standards; Continuous Welded
Rail (CWR) Final Rule published on August 25, 2009 (74 FR 42988);22. RSAC Task 2008-01 (Complete) Report on the Nation’s Railroad
Bridges. Consensus report provided to the FRA Administrator September 10, 2008.23. RSAC Task 2008-04 (Complete) Positive Train
Control Systems Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published on July 21, 2009 (74 FR 35950)Final Rule published on January 15,
2010. (75 FR 2598) Final Rule amendments published September 27, 2010. (75 FR 59108)24. RSAC Task 2008-05 (Complete) Bridge
Safety Standards Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published on August 17, 2009 (74 FR 41558) and Final Rule published July 15,
2010. (75 FR 41282)25. RSAC Task 2008-07 (Open) Conductor Certification. Consensus draft language approved by RSAC Committee
on March 18, 2010 by unanimous vote as the recommendation from the Committee to the FRA Administrator and the resulting NPRM
was published on November 10, 2010 (75 FR 69166). Work to finalize the Final Rule for publication is underway.26. RSAC Task
2008-06 Hours of Service Recordkeeping and Reporting. (Completed) Final Rule issued May 19, 2009 (74 FR 25330)27. RSAC Task
2003-1 (Open) Passenger Equipment Safety Standards and Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness. Consensus language regarding
Track Safety Standards and Passenger Equipment Safety Standards applicable to high-speed and high cant deficiency train operations
intending to improve the safe interaction of rail vehicles with the track over which they operate was approved by the Committee
as the recommendation of the Committee to the FRA Administrator and the resulting NPRM was published on May 10, 2010. (75
FR 25928) The Final rule is currently under development. 28. RSAC Task 2006-01 Review and Revision of the Locomotive Safety
Standards. Consensus language approved by RSAC Committee on September 10, 2009 by unanimous vote as the recommendation from
the Committee to the FRA Administrator and the resulting NPRM containing revisions to the Locomotive Safety Standards is pending
publication.29. Task 2007-01 Track Safety Standards. Consensus language approved by RSAC Committee by unanimous vote as the
recommendation from the Committee to the FRA Administrator and the resulting NPRM regarding specific requirements for effective
concrete crossties, for rail fastening systems connected to concrete crossties, and for automated inspections of track constructed
with concrete was published on August 26, 2010. (75 FR 52490)30. Task 2005-1 Review of Roadway Worker Protection Issues. Consensus
language approved by RSAC Committee by unanimous vote as the recommendation from the Committee to the FRA Administrator and
the resulting NPRM on roadway worker protection; adjacent track on track safety is pending release.31. Task 2008-03 Track
Safety Standards – Rail Integrity. Consensus language was approved by RSAC Committee on September 23, 2010 by unanimous vote
as the recommendation from the Committee to the FRA Administrator and the resulting NPRM containing revisions to the Track
Safety Standards is in preparation.32. RSAC Task 2003-01 Passenger Safety Issues. Consensus language regarding railcar door
securement was approved by the Committee on May 20, 2011 by unanimous vote as the recommendation from the Committee to the
FRA Administrator and the resulting NPRM is currently in preparation.33. RSAC Task 2010-01 (Open) Minimum Training Standards
and Plans. Consensus language regarding development of minumum training standards for each class and craft of safety related
railroad employee was approved by the Committee on December 14, 2010 by unanimous vote as the recommendation from the Committee
to the FRA Administrator and the resulting NPRM is currently in preparation.
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