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Administrative Updates to the Federal Railroad Administration's State Safety Participation Regulations
AI Summary:
This regulation updates the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) state safety participation regulations in 49 CFR Part 212. The updates primarily involve administrative and editorial changes, including updating addresses, removing outdated references, simplifying language, and reflecting organizational changes. Key modifications include replacing terms like "compliance inspector" with "journeyman inspector", updating references to various railroad safety regulations, removing unnecessary sections, and streamlining the language throughout the document. The regulation updates references to inspector qualifications, investigative activities, and technical disciplines, and removes obsolete provisions while maintaining the core structure of the state safety participation program. The changes are intended to clarify, simplify, and modernize the existing regulations without substantially altering the underlying requirements for state railroad safety inspectors.