§218.131. Special approval petition requirements for train operations staffed with a one-person train crew. — Inbound Citations

(a) Each railroad submitting a petition under § 218.131 shall send the petition by email to [email protected]. FRA will make the petition publicly available at https://www.regulations.gov.

(xi) Instances when the railroad was required to comply with an operating rule to ensure rail employees can take mitigation measures that provide a level of safety that is as safe or safer than a two-person train crew operation to address certain situations with the one-person train crew operation under § 218.131(b)(13);

(iii) Recalculate each risk mitigated in accordance with § 218.131(b)(15), quantitatively or qualitatively, or both, by assessing each new hazard, change to an existing hazard and/or change to the risk of a hazard and the level of mitigation (elimination or reduction), in terms of the severity and likelihood of a mishap; and