railroad-safety · Federal Railroad Administration · Published 2020-02-18 · Effective 2020-04-20 · 85 FR 9262
Document
Document number
2020-00425
Federal Register citation
85 FR 9262
CFR reference
49 CFR 271
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
railroad-safety
Sub-agency
Federal Railroad Administration
Publication date
2020-02-18
Effective date
2020-04-20
DOT docket
Docket No. FRA-2009-0038, Notice No. 7
Abstract
FRA is issuing this final rule to require each Class I freight railroad and each freight railroad with inadequate safety performance to develop and implement a Risk Reduction Program (RRP) to improve the safety of its operations. RRP is a comprehensive, system-oriented approach to safety that determines a railroad operation's level of risk by identifying and analyzing applicable hazards, and involves developing plans to mitigate, if not eliminate, that risk. Each railroad has flexibility to tailor an RRP to its specific railroad operations. Each railroad shall implement its RRP under a written RRP plan that FRA has reviewed and approved. Each railroad shall conduct an annual internal assessment of its RRP, and FRA will audit a railroad's RRP processes and procedures.