Railroads Seek Blessing for More Paperwork Piles
Published Date: 2/27/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is asking for your thoughts on a paperwork update they want to send to the Office of Management and Budget for approval. This affects anyone who deals with FRA’s information requests, but no one has commented yet. You’ve got until March 31, 2025, to share your opinion, and this process helps keep paperwork fair and manageable without extra costs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Limits on Train Employee Work Hours
You are a locomotive engineer or conductor if you work on commuter or intercity passenger trains; the rule includes maximum on-duty periods, minimum off-duty periods, and other limitations. Railroads must evaluate passenger train employee schedules for fatigue risk, implement mitigation measures, and submit certain schedules and mitigation plans to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for approval.
Railroads Face Large Paperwork Costs
The information collection covers 797 railroads, signal contractors, and subcontractors and estimates 18,660,988 annual responses, 1,284,832 total annual burden hours, and a total annual burden-hour dollar cost equivalent of $114,517,098. FRA is submitting this ICR to OMB for review and invites comments on or before March 31, 2025.
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