Rule/Notice/NOFO: Administrative Updates to the Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards Regulations
Federal Register/Notice: federalregister.gov
Description: This makes administrative updates to FRA’s railroad locomotive safety standards regulations, including updating addresses that are no longer valid.
229.7 Prohibited Acts and Penalties
FRA is amending § 229.7(b) by replacing references to specific penalty amounts with general references to the minimum civil monetary penalty, ordinary maximum civil monetary penalty, and aggravated maximum civil monetary penalty. FRA is adding language to this section referring readers to 49 CFR part 209, appendix A, where FRA will continue to specify statutorily provided civil penalty amounts updated for inflation. FRA is also amending this section to update the web address from www.fra.dot.gov to https://railroads.dot.gov/ .
229.125 Headlights and Auxiliary Lights
FRA is also amending the last sentence of § 229.125(f) by replacing the phrase, “FRA’s Associate Administrator for Safety or any one of FRA’s Regional Administrators,” with the phrase “FRA’s Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety or FRA’s Motive Power and Equipment Division Staff Director.” These amendments are being made to ensure information gets to the agency subject matter expert in the specific discipline.
APTA Staff Advisor: Taria Barron, tbarron@apta.com
