98-23016. Technical Amendments to the Track Safety Standards  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Page 45959]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-23016]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Railroad Administration
    
    49 CFR Part 213
    
    [Docket No. RST-90-1, Notice No. 9]
    RIN 2130-AA75
    
    
    Technical Amendments to the Track Safety Standards
    
    AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
    Transportation (DOT).
    
    ACTION: Final rule; corrections.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad Administration published in the Federal 
    Register of June 22, 1998 (63 FR 33992), a final rule to revise the 
    Track Safety Standards contained in 49 CFR part 213. The publication 
    included several inadvertent errors which this notice corrects.
    
    DATES: Effective on September 28, 1998.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allison H. MacDowell, Office of Safety 
    Assurance and Compliance, Federal Railroad Administration, 400 Seventh 
    Street, S.W., Mail Stop 25, Washington, D.C. 20590 (telephone: 202-493-
    6236), or Nancy Lummen Lewis, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad 
    Administration, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Mail Stop 10, Washington, 
    D.C. 20590 (telephone: 202-493-6047).
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA published a final rule in the Federal 
    Register of June 22, 1998, (63 FR 33992), which, effective September 
    21, 1998, will replace the Track Safety Standards in 49 CFR part 213. 
    The final rule, however, contained several inadvertent errors which are 
    corrected in this notice.
        In the final rule published June 22, 1998, (63 FR 33992), make the 
    following corrections:
        On page 34000, second column, fourth paragraph, remove ``Sec. 213.1 
    (Penalties)'' and replace with ``Sec. 213.15 (Penalties)''.
        On page 34002, first column, remove the last sentence of the third 
    paragraph which states, ``With the elimination of the current text of 
    subsection (d), this subsection now designated as (e) would become 
    subsection (d).''
        On page 34033, remove the first sentence of Sec. 213.53(g)(4), and 
    replace with the following sentence: ``The track owner or railroad 
    operates an instrumented car having dynamic response characteristics 
    that are representative of other equipment assigned to service or a 
    portable device that monitors on-board instrumentation on trains over 
    the curves in the identified track segment at the revenue speed profile 
    at a frequency of at least once every 90-day period with not less than 
    30 days interval between inspections.''
        On page 34034, in footnote 1 for the track surface table, replace 
    the parenthetical sentence with the following sentence: ``(Footnote 1 
    is applicable September 21, 1999.)''
        On page 34042, in Sec. 213.305(b)(1)(ii), remove the final period 
    and replace with a semi-colon followed by the word ``or''.
        On page 34049, remove the first sentence of Sec. 213.343 and 
    replace with the following sentence: ``Each track owner with track 
    constructed of CWR shall have in effect and comply with written 
    procedures which address the installation, adjustment, maintenance and 
    inspection of CWR, and a training program for the application of those 
    procedures, which shall be submitted to the Federal Railroad 
    Administration by March 21, 1999.''
        On page 34053, in Sec. 213.365(e), replace the word ``crossover'' 
    with the words ``track crossing.''
        On page 34054, under ``Appendix B to part 213--Schedule of Civil 
    Penalties,'' remove footnote 2 from 213.4(e)(1), 213.4(e)(2), 
    213.4(e)(3), and 213.4(e)(4).
    
        Dated: August 21, 1998.
    Edward R. English,
    Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
    [FR Doc. 98-23016 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4910-06-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
9/28/1998
Published:
08/28/1998
Department:
Federal Railroad Administration
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule; corrections.
Document Number:
98-23016
Dates:
Effective on September 28, 1998.
Pages:
45959-45959 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. RST-90-1, Notice No. 9
RINs:
2130-AA75: Track Safety Standards
RIN Links:
https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2130-AA75/track-safety-standards
PDF File:
98-23016.pdf
CFR: (1)
49 CFR 213