# Systems for Telephonic Notification of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail and Pathway Grade Crossings
> **US Department of Transportation** · Final rule. · Published 2012-06-12 · Effective 2012-08-13 · 77 FR 35164
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-13843
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Transportation
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 35164
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 234
- **Publication date:** 2012-06-12
- **Effective date:** 2012-08-13
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FRA-2009-0041, Notice No. 2
## Abstract

This final rule requires certain railroads to establish and maintain systems that allow members of the public to call the railroads, using a toll-free telephone number, and report an emergency or other unsafe condition at highway-rail and pathway grade crossings. The rule refers to such a system as an "Emergency Notification System," and it consists of the following components: the signs, placed at the grade crossing, that display the information necessary for the public to report an unsafe condition to the appropriate railroad; the method that the railroad uses to receive and process a telephone call reporting the unsafe condition; the remedial actions that the appropriate railroad or railroads take to address the report of the unsafe conditions; and the related recordkeeping conducted by the railroad(s).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/06/12/2012-13843/systems-for-telephonic-notification-of-unsafe-conditions-at-highway-rail-and-pathway-grade-crossings)
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