Sec. 205. Implementing recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration shall implement the following recommendations of the National Transportation Safety Board: Recommendation R–7–2, dated April 25, 2007 (relating to real-time information regarding the identity and location of all hazardous materials on a train). Recommendation R–14–14, dated August 22, 2014 (relating to railroads providing communities and States with current commodity flow data and assisting with development of emergency operation and response plans).
Recommendation R–14–18, dated August 22, 2014 (relating to ensuring that emergency response information carried by train crews is consistent with the Emergency Response Guidebook). Recommendations R–14–75 and R–14–76, dated December 30, 2014 (relating to allowable limits for track conditions). Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shall implement National Transportation Safety Board Recommendation R–14–19, dated August 22, 2014 (relating to developing, implementing and periodically evaluating requirements for railroads that transport hazardous materials to conduct public education programs for communities along railroad hazardous materials routes).
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the recommendations described in subsections
(a)and
(b)have been implemented, the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration and the Administrator of the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shall submit a report to the congressional committees referred to in section 301(2) that describes— the progress made in implementing each recommendation required under subsection
(a)or (b), as applicable; and if any of the required recommendations have not been fully implemented, the reasons for such failure.