[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR659.31]

[Page 80]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 659_RAIL FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS; STATE SAFETY OVERSIGHT--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C_Role of the State Oversight Agency
 
Sec.  659.31  Hazard management process.

    (a) The oversight agency must require the rail transit agency to 
develop and document in its system safety program plan a process to 
identify and resolve hazards during its operation, including any hazards 
resulting from subsequent system extensions or modifications, 
operational changes, or other changes within the rail transit 
environment.
    (b) The hazard management process must, at a minimum:
    (1) Define the rail transit agency's approach to hazard management 
and the implementation of an integrated system-wide hazard resolution 
process;
    (2) Specify the sources of, and the mechanisms to support, the on-
going identification of hazards;
    (3) Define the process by which identified hazards will be evaluated 
and prioritized for elimination or control;
    (4) Identify the mechanism used to track through resolution the 
identified hazard(s);
    (5) Define minimum thresholds for the notification and reporting of 
hazard(s) to oversight agencies; and
    (6) Specify the process by which the rail transit agency will 
provide on-going reporting of hazard resolution activities to the 
oversight agency.