[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] [[Page 45959]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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