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Miscellaneous Amendments to the Federal Railroad Administration's Accident/Incident Reporting Requirements

Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and request for comments.

FRA proposes to amend its existing regulations addressing accident/incident reporting in order to clarify ambiguous regulations and enhance the quality of information available for railroad casualty analysis. In addition to proposing revisions to its regulations, FRA is proposing revisions to its Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports (FRA Guide) and its Accident/Incident recording and reporting forms, and is requesting comments and suggestions on certain topics of interest.

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