<searchTitle>Excess Risk Estimate for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Along the Florida East Coast Railway Line; Federal Register Vol. 74, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>RULE</granuleClass>
<accessId>E9-21380</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION</agency>
<agency order="2">Federal Railroad Administration</agency>
<effectiveDate>2009-11-09</effectiveDate>
<departmentDoc>Docket No. FRA-1999-6439, Notice No. 21</departmentDoc>
<billingCode>4910-06-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>E9-21380</frDocNumber>
<action>Final rule.</action>
<summary>This final rule amends the regulations regarding the use of locomotive horns at public highway-rail grade crossings by establishing an excess risk estimate of 90.9 percent for public highway-rail grade crossings along the Florida East Coast Railway Company (FEC) line. When this final rule is effective, public authorities will be permitted to establish New Quiet Zones along the FEC line, in accordance with the existing regulations, through application of the excess risk estimate provided herein.</summary>
<dates>The effective date is November 9, 2009. However, public authorities may begin to provide quiet zone-related documentation to FRA and other parties 30 days after September 9, 2009.</dates>
<contact>Ronald Ries, Office of Safety, Mail Stop 25, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6299); or Kathryn Shelton, Office of Chief Counsel, Mail Stop 10, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6038).</contact>
<cfr title="49">
<part number="222"/>
<subject>Administrative Practice and Procedure</subject>
<subject>Penalties</subject>
<subject>Railroad Safety</subject>
<subject>Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements</subject>
...</cfr>
<tocDoc>Excess Risk Estimate for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Along the Florida East Coast Railway Line
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<urlRef>http://www.fra.dot.gov</urlRef>
<urlRef>www.regulations.gov</urlRef>