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Certification of Signal Employees
The Federal Railroad Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on May 15, 2026. Comments closed on July 14, 2026.
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What the agency says
This document responds to petitions for reconsideration of FRA's May 21, 2024 final rule addressing the Certification of Signal Employees. Based on FRA's review and analysis of the issues raised in the petitions for reconsideration, this document proposes to rescind the final rule.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-09792
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Railroad Administration
- Published
- May 15, 2026
- Comments due
- July 14, 2026
- Dates
- Written comments on the proposed rule must be received by July 14, 2026. FRA may consider comments received after that date, but only to the extent practicable.
- Docket
- Docket No. FRA-2022-0020, Notice No. 5
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2130-AD04
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 246
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Penalties; Railroad employees; Railroad safety; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 4
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