Yesterday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA) announced
that it had received a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) from DOT’s Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA). The proposed rule would address minimum train
crew size.
According to the Fall 2014 Unified
Agenda:
“This rulemaking would add minimum
requirements for the size of different train crew staffs depending on the type
of operation. The minimum crew staffing requirements would reflect
for the safety risks posed to railroad employees, the general public, and the
environment and would account for differences in costs. This rulemaking
would also establish minimum requirements for the roles and responsibilities of
the second train crew member on a moving train, and promote safe and effective
teamwork. Additionally, this rulemaking would permit a railroad to submit
information to FRA and seek approval if it wants to continue an existing
operation with a one-person train crew or start up an operation with less than
two crew members.”
This rulemaking is part of DOT’s on-going response to the
problem of catastrophic accidents involving crude oil trains.
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