NRP Comments

Yesterday I tried to post a copy of my previous National Rail Plan (NRP) blog as a comment at the www.Regulations.gov web site for the NRP (Docket Number FRA-2010-0020). There was a problem with the system there; the docket existed, but it was not accepting comments. I left a ‘complaint’ with the Help Desk and they have fixed the problem. My comment is now posted as FRA-2010-0020-0002.1.

If you tried to post a comment to this docket yesterday, re-try soon. The system is now working the way it should.

Make your views known. Anyone associated with the shipment of rail security-sensitive materials {49 CFR §1580.100(b)} that is concerned that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is ignoring the security of the rail shipment of those materials during the development of their NRP should share that concern with the FRA. Anyone that has concerns about these hazardous materials traversing their communities and the fact that the FRA is ignoring the security of those shipments during the development of their NRP should post a comment to this docket. Finally, anyone that has concerns about the Federal government developing a plan dealing with improving the rail transportation system in this country while ignoring the associated security risks should post a comment to this docket.

After all, the FRA did ask for our input.