[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR214.307]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 214_RAILROAD WORKPLACE SAFETY--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart C_Roadway Worker Protection

 

Sec. 214.307  Review and approval of individual on-track safety programs 

by FRA.



    (a) Each railroad shall notify, in writing, the Associate 

Administrator for Safety, Federal Railroad Administration, RRS-15, 400 

Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20590, not less than one month before 

its on-track safety program becomes effective. The notification shall 

include the effective date of the program, the address of the office at 

which the program documents are available for review and photocopying by 

representatives of the Federal Railroad Administrator, and the name, 

title, address and telephone number of the primary person to be 

contacted with regard to review of the program. This notification 

procedure shall also apply to subsequent changes to a railroad's on-

track safety program.

    (b) After receipt of the notification from the railroad, the Federal 

Railroad Administration will conduct a formal review of the on-track 

safety program. The Federal Railroad Administration will notify the 

primary railroad contact person of the results of the review, in 

writing, whether the on-track safety program or changes to the program 

have been approved by the Administrator, and if not approved, the 

specific points in which the program or changes are deficient.

    (c) A railroad's on-track safety program will take effect by the 

established compliance dates in Sec. 214.305, without regard to the 

date of review or approval by the Federal Railroad Administration. 

Changes to a railroad's program will take effect on dates established by 

each railroad without regard to the date of review and approval by the 

Federal Railroad Administration.



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