*** For those that have been following this story, you may remember our initial post in November 2022 extending the comment period. Well, The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently published its final rule on April 9, …
Occupational Safety and Health in the Locomotive Cab Set to go in effect March 26, 2024, The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administrations (FRA) Final Rule is amending its regulations as it relates to the occupational noise exposure standard. …
Revisions to Civil Penalty Amounts New year, new penalty amount? There is an old colloquialism that says, “Only two things in life are certain: death and taxes.” Well, I am pretty sure we can add the increase to civil penalty …
Going, Going, Gone Some of you may recall the long battle of transportation of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) by rail. It was originally thought to have been settled by the Final Rule published to the federal register in July 2020. …
What’s Your Opinion? In case you missed it, On June 27, 2023 the Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a Notice of Propose Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at keeping first responders safer and improving public …
Do You Need an Update? Recently published on May 2, 2023, The Department of Transportation (DOT) published a Final Rule (88 FR 27596) to harmonize Part 40 with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) drug testing policy …
Ensuring You Can Breathe On March 22, 2023, The Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM)to amend its occupational noise exposure regulations in three main ways: Require railroads to provided appropriate …
Revisions to Civil Penalty Amounts They say only two things in life are certain, death…and taxes. I propose adding one more to that short list of certainties. Government Inflation Adjustments. Effective January 6, 2023, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has raised …
Two for One You may remember back in August when we told you about the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published in the Federal Register over Railroad Staffing Requirements. Originally the …
One Train, Two Train, Red Train, Blue Train. Recently release on July 28, 2022, The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). In an effort to establish safer rail operations, the FRA seeks …