[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 27212-27213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13127]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
49 CFR Part 232
[FRA Docket No. PB-9, Notice No. 12]
RIN 2130-AB22
Two-Way End-of-Train Telemetry Devices and Certain Passenger
Train Operations; Correction
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), DOT.
[[Page 27213]]
ACTION: Correction to final rule preamble.
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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the preamble of the
final rule on two-way end-of-train telemetry devices (two-way EOTs) and
certain passenger train operations, which was published on Friday, May
1, 1998 (63 FR 24130). The final rule specifically addressed and
clarified the applicability of the existing two-way EOT requirements to
certain passenger train operations where multiple units of freight-type
equipment, material handling cars, or express cars are part of a
passenger train's consist.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Wilson, Motive Power and
Equipment Division, Office of Safety, RRS-14, FRA, 400 Seventh Street,
SW, Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-632-3367); or Thomas
Herrmann, Trial Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel, RCC-12, FRA, 400
Seventh Street, S.W., Stop 10, Washington, D.C. 20590 (telephone 202-
632-3178).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The ``Regulatory Impact'' portion of the preamble to the final rule
addressing Executive Order 12866 and DOT regulatory policies and
procedures stated that because the requirements contained in the final
rule clarify the applicability of the two-way EOT regulations to a
specific segment of the industry and generally reduce the regulatory
burden on these operators, FRA concluded that the final rule did not
constitute a significant rule under either Executive Order 12866 or
DOT's policies and procedures. However, FRA inadvertently omitted a
statement that the impact of the rule would be so minimal that any
further analysis was not warranted.
Need for Correction
As published, the ``Regulatory Impact'' portion of the preamble
failed to inform the public of FRA's determination that the impact of
the rule would be so minimal that any further analysis was not
warranted. Thus, that portion of the preamble is in need of
clarification.
Correction
Accordingly, the publication on May 1, 1998 of the final rule on
two-way EOTs and certain passenger train operations, which was
contained in FR Doc. 98-11408, is corrected as follows:
On page 24134 in the first column, at the end of the paragraph
headed ``Executive Order 12866 and DOT Regulatory Policies and
Procedures,'' the following sentence is added:
Furthermore, as the final rule is intended to clarify the
applicability of the two-way EOT regulations and affects a very limited
number of passenger train operations, FRA has determined that the
impact of the rule would be so minimal that any further analysis was
not warranted.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on May 12, 1998.
S. Mark Lindsey,
Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-13127 Filed 5-15-98; 8:45 am]
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