{"id":42904,"date":"2018-01-10T10:21:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T15:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=42904"},"modified":"2018-01-10T10:21:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T15:21:04","slug":"fra-proposes-delaying-training-qualification-and-oversight-for-safety-related-railroad-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/fra-proposes-delaying-training-qualification-and-oversight-for-safety-related-railroad-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"FRA proposes delaying training, qualification and oversight for safety-related railroad workers","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to a petition of reconsideration filed by the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) of the final rule that requires training, qualification and oversight for safety-related railroad employees, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to delay the implementation of the rule for an additional year.<br \/>\nOn Nov. 7, 2014, the FRA published a final rule that established minimum training standards for each category and subcategory of safety-related railroad employees and required railroad carriers to submit training programs to the FRA for approval. Railroads are required to submit their training programs to the FRA by May 1, 2018. Implementation of the programs is currently required by May 1, 2020. The NPRM proposes moving the May 1, 2018, date to May 1, 2019 and the May 1, 2020 implementation date to May 1, 2021. ASLRRA holds that they are still developing their training programs and won\u2019t be ready for submission to the FRA before fall 2018.<br \/>\nThe NPRM has been published in the Federal Register and is open for comments until Jan. 19.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2017\/12\/20\/2017-27272\/training-qualification-and-oversight-for-safety-related-railroad-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to read the NPRM.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=FRA-2009-0033-0040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to submit comments to the FRA on the NPRM.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to a petition of reconsideration filed by the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) of the final rule that requires training, qualification and oversight for safety-related railroad employees, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to delay the implementation of the rule for an additional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":24208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44,31,45,9,18,25],"tags":[151,1304,175,3983,3984],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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