Sec. 9511. Fatigue reduction management plans
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue final regulations on fatigue management plans based on the notice of proposed rulemaking published on December 22, 2020, titled Fatigue Risk Management Programs for Certain Passenger and Freight Railroads (85 Fed. Reg. 83484; Docket No. FRA–2015–0122). If a Federal Railroad Administration railroad accident or incident investigation conducted under section 20902 of title 49, United States Code, identifies that fatigue was a casual or contributing factor to an accident or incident, the Secretary may reopen a fatigue management plan of a passenger railroad operation or a railroad subject to part 270 or part 271, respectively, of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
If the Secretary determines that fatigue is a systemic issue for a passenger railroad operation or railroad, the Secretary shall reopen a fatigue management plan of such passenger railroad operation or a railroad subject to part 270 or part 271, respectively, of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. If the Secretary reopens a fatigue management plan under paragraph
(1)or (2), the Secretary shall— consider whether any statement filed under sections 270.208(e) and 271.207(e) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, addressed such plan; and consult with employees, including labor organizations representing railroad employees, of the passenger railroad operation or railroad that has a reopened fatigue management plan.
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Sec. 9511
Fatigue reduction management plans
Fed. Reg.85 FR 83484
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