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**Note -- some descriptions and/or summaries are more detailed then others. For a complete overview, click on the link to the .pdf. The first page of the comments typically has a substantial overview.

To further Research, please visit the U.S. Department of Transportations Document Management System. There you can search by Docket Number for all comments related to a particular Rule Making, Waiver or other issue.

Positive Train Control
Rule Makings
Waiver Petitions
Comments in Connection with Inquires / Other
Miscellaneous Comments

Comments in connection with Positive Train Control Dockets

CSX Transportation Temporary, Location and Equipment Based Waiver From Compliance
Docket Number: FRA-2006-23685 [PDF]
Comment Date: January 26, 2007
Alaska Railroad Collision Avoidance System
Docket Number: FRA-2006-26029 [PDF]
Comment Date: December 15, 2006
BNSF Railway Company Product Safety Plan
Docket Number: FRA-2006-23687 [PDF]
Comment Date: December 5, 2006
BNSF Railway Company Product Safety Plan
Docket Number: FRA-2006-23687 [PDF]
Comment Date: August 4, 2006
CSX Transportation Railroad Safety Program Plan
Docket Number: FRA-2006-23687 [PDF]
Comment Date: May 12, 2006
Union Pacific Railroad -- Railroad Safety Plan
Docket Number : FRA-2006-24002 [PDF]
Comment Date: May 12, 2006
BNSF Railway Company Product Safety Plan
Docket Number: FRA-2006-23687 [PDF]
Comment Date: May 11, 2006
BNSF Railway Company Product Safety Plan
Docket Number: FRA-2006-23686 [PDF]
Comment Date: May 11, 2006

Comments in Connection with Rule Makings

Proposed Rulemakings of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) and Transportation Safety Administration with respect to Rail Transportation Security.
Docket Number: RSPA-2004-18730
Docket Number: TSA-2006-26514
Comment Date: February 20, 2007
FRA Proposed Rule revising the schedules of civil monetary penalties for violations of federal railroad safety law or FRA safety regulation
Docket Number: FRA-2006-25274 [PDF]
Comment Date: January 4, 2007
FRA Proposed Rulemaking setting for inter alia numerous changes to Parts 217 (Railroad Operating Rules) and 218 (Railroad Operating Procedures) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Docket Number: FRA-2006-25267 [PDF]
Comment Date: December 11, 2006
Office of the Secretary of Transportation Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would Amend Federal Regulations to add state licensed and certified marriage and family therapists to the list of credential professionals eligible to serve as substance abuse professionals
Docket Number: OST-2006-24112 [PDF]
Comment Date: March 31, 2006

Comments in Connection with Waiver Petitions

BNSF and NS jointly petitioned FRA for waiver from various requirements of CFR Title 49 regarding Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) Pilot Train Operations
Docket Number: FRA-2006-26345
Comment Date: February 15, 2007
NS for a permanent waiver from compliance with the requirements for certain en route trains assembled on Pocahontas Division in West Virginia.
Docket Number: FRA-2006-25706 [PDF]
Comment Date: January 27, 2006
BNSF Railway for a temporary waiver from compliance with rule providing that a train designated by a railroad as an "extended haul train" may be moved up to, but no exceeding 1,500 miles between brake tests and inspections.
Docket Number: FRA-2006-24812 [PDF]
Comment Date: January 21, 2007
UP for a waiver from compliance so that UP may implement what it terms "Remote Authority" technology.
Docket Number: FRA-2006-24840 [PDF]
Comment Date: January 9, 2007
CSX for a waiver with requirements to pertaining to the physical signature and recordkeeping requirements for 92-Day periodic locomotive inspection reports, annual locomotive inspection reports, biennial locomotive inspection reports and others that are subject to any waivers already granted by the FRA regarding the time period for the performance of those inspections.
Docket Number: FRA-2006-25705 [PDF]
Comment Date: December 20, 2006
UP for a waiver from compliance with requirements in connection with Class I brake tests -- initial terminal inspection.
Docket Number: FRA-2006-25764 [PDF]
Comment Date: November 9, 2006
Quantum Engineering, Inc for a waiver from compliance from design standards for one-way end-of--train ("EOT") devices.
Docket Number: FRA-2006-25794 [PDF]
Comment Date: November 2, 2006
NJ Transit for a waiver from compliance with requirements of a key design standard for passenger equipment and nearly a half-dozen provisions that from the cornerstone of Class I bake inspection.
Docket Number FRA-2006-24918 [PDF]
Comment Date: September 15, 2006
UP waiver request in order to implement what it terms "Remote Authority" Technology.
Docket Number: FRA-2006-24840 [PDF]
Comment Date: September 6, 2006
Canadian National Railway on its own behalf and on behalf of its wholly owned US Subsidiaries for a waiver from compliance with annual Brake Tests.
Docket Number: FRA-2006-24224 [PDF]
Comment Date: May 19, 2006
NS for a waiver from compliance with requirements related to maintenance of physical records pertaining to 92-day locomotive inspection reports, and proposed substitute electronic records in satisfaction of said requirements.
Docket Number: FRA-2006-24215 [PDF]
Comment Date: April 10, 2006
Quantum Engineering for a waiver of compliance with requirements with design standards for one-way, end-of-train devices.
Docket Number: FRA-2006-23751 [PDF]
Comment Date: March 20, 2006
American Association of Railroads for a waiver from compliance with requirements as they relate to operation of a locomotive on which one of the two 250-watt headlight lamps is inoperative.
Docket Number: FRA-2005-23107 [PDF]
Comment Date: February 16, 2006
UP for a permanent waiver from compliance with FRA's random alcohol and drug testing requirements.
Docket Number: FRA-2005-21241 [PDF]
Comment Date: July 19, 2005

Comments in Connection with Inquires / Other

Comments filed in connection with replacement fees for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential.
Docket Number: TSA-2006-24191
Docket Number: USCG-2006-24196
Comment Date: February 26, 2007

FRA Notice of Safety Inquiry regarding Safety of Private Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Docket Number: FRA-2005-23281
Comment Date: February 15, 2007