Title: Federal Register  :: Hours of Service of Railroad Employees; Substantive Regulations for Train Employees Providing Commuter and Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation; Conforming Amendments to Recordkeeping Requirements
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents for Supplementary Information
I. Executive Summary
II. Statutory Background and History
III. Scientific Background
A. Validated and Calibrated Fatigue Models [ 4]
1. Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool TM Model
2. Fatigue Audit InterDyne [ TM] Model [ 13]
B. Diary Study of Train Employees on Commuter and Intercity Passenger Railroads
IV. Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) Process
A. Overview of the RSAC
* Indicates associate, non-voting membership.
B. RSAC Proceedings in This Rulemaking
C. Significant Task Force Contributions
1. Schedule Analysis
2. Fatigue Mitigation Tool Box
D. Areas of Working Group and Task Force Concern
1. Definitions of “Type 1 Assignment” and “Type 2 Assignment”
2. Limitations on Number of Consecutive Days
3. Precision of Fatigue Models and Threshold
4. Freight Railroad Employees Acting as Pilots for Commuter or Intercity Passenger Trains
V. Section-by-Section Analysis
Subpart A—General
228.1 Scope
228.5 Definitions
Subpart B—Records and Reporting
228.11 Hours of Duty Records
228.19 Monthly Reports of Excess Service
Subpart F—Substantive Hours of Service Requirements for Train Employees Engaged in Commuter or Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation
228.401 Applicability
228.403 Nonapplication, Exemption, and Definitions
228.405 Limitations on Duty Hours of Train Employees Engaged in Commuter or Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation
228.407 Analysis of Work Schedules; Submissions; FRA Review and Approval of Submissions; Fatigue Mitigation Plans
228.409 Requirements for Railroad-Provided Employee Sleeping Quarters During Interim Releases and Other Periods Available for Rest Within a Duty Tour
228.411 Training
228.413 Compliance Date
VI. Regulatory Impact and Notices
A. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 and DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures
B. Executive Order 13132
C. Executive Order 13175
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 13272
1. Description of Regulated Entities and Impacts
2. Certification
E. Paperwork Reduction Act
F. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
G. Environmental Assessment
H. Privacy Act
List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 228
PART 228— [AMENDED]
Subpart F—Substantive Hours of Service Requirements for Train Employees Engaged in Commuter or Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation
Appendix D: Guidance on Fatigue Management Plans
Footnotes

Content: Mark H. McKeon, Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety/Chief Safety Officer, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., RRS-1, Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202-493-6350); Dr. Thomas G. Raslear, Staff Director, Human Factors Research Program, Office of Research and Development, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., RPD-321, Mail Stop 20, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-493-6356); or Colleen A. Brennan, Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., RCC-12, Mail Stop 10, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-493-6028 or 202-493-6052). End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental Information
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Table of Contents for Supplementary Information
I. Executive Summary
II. Statutory Background and History
III.