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RIN: 2130-AC51

Publication ID: Fall 2022

Title: Locomotive Recording Devices
Abstract: The FAST Act requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations requiring each railroad carrier that provides regularly scheduled intercity rail passenger or commuter rail passenger transportation to the public to install inward- and outward-facing image recording devices in all controlling locomotives of passenger trains. This rulemaking would require the installation of inward- and outward-facing locomotive video cameras on controlling locomotives of passenger trains. The recordings would be used to help determine the cause of railroad accidents and to prevent similar accidents. They would also be used to ensure passenger railroad employee compliance with applicable Federal railroad safety regulations and railroad rules, particularly regulations prohibiting the use of personal electronic devices. This rulemaking attempts to fulfill NTSB recommendations urging FRA to adopt regulations requiring locomotive-mounted audio and video recording devices.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 217 49 CFR 218 49 CFR 229
Legal Authority: 49 CFR 1.89 49 USC 20103 49 USC 20107 49 USC 20168

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
NPRM	Statutory	FAST Act	12/04/2017

Overall Description of Deadline: Section 11411 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) (Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1686, Dec. 4, 2015) (codified at 48 U.S.C. 20168) requires FRA (as the Secretary of Transportation's delegate) to promulgate regulations requiring each railroad carrier that provides regularly scheduled intercity rail passenger or commuter rail passenger transportation to the public to install inward- and outward-facing image recording devices in controlling locomotives of passenger trains.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/24/2019	84 FR 35712
NPRM Comment Period End	09/23/2019
Final Rule	02/00/2023

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Local, State
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov	Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Amanda Maizel Attorney-Adviser Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 493-8014 Email: amanda.maizel@dot.gov