Railroads Beg for Comments, America Responds with Deafening Silence
Published Date: 11/26/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is asking for your thoughts on a paperwork plan they want to keep using. They already asked once and got no feedback, so now they’re giving you 30 more days to speak up before the Office of Management and Budget decides. This affects anyone who deals with FRA paperwork and won’t cost extra money but might change how info is collected.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Paperwork burden for railroads and authorities
FRA plans to continue collecting information about locomotive horn use at highway-rail grade crossings (49 CFR part 222) and expects businesses to respond. FRA estimates a respondent universe of 754 railroads and 645 public authorities, with 3,536 total annual responses, 7,232 total annual burden hours, and a total annual burden hour dollar cost equivalent of $534,508.57. Submit comments on the information collection by December 26, 2025.
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is asking for your thoughts on a new paperwork plan they want to start. This affects anyone who deals with FRA info requests, but no one has spoken up yet! You’ve got until December 26, 2025, to share your ideas before the government decides if this plan moves forward—no extra costs or big changes expected.
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