FRA Issues RRP Final Rule

摘要

THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION (FRA) has issued a final rule-49 CFR Part 271 [Docket No. FRA-2009-0038, Notice No. 7] RIN 2130-AC11-launching the Risk Reduction Program (RRP) "to support an increasing standard of safety for the nation's freight railroads." The final rule is effective April 20,2020. The rulemaking, which implements a mandate required by the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008, requires "all Class I freight railroads and Class II and III freight railroads with inadequate safety performance to develop and implement a Risk Reduction Program to improve the safety of its operations," the rulemaking says. FRA describes an RRP as "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."