WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Federal Railroad Administration has issued a rule called: Repealing a Track Surface Requirement.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on April 28 by David A. Fink, Administrator.

Summary: This rule repeals the runoff parameter from FRA's track surface requirements for track Classes 1 through 5. FRA has found that other geometry requirements in FRA's regulations already address the same safety issue.

For more information, contact Yu-Jiang Zhang, Staff Director, Track and Structures Division, FRA, telephone: 202/493-6460, email: yujiang.zhang@dot.gov; or Aaron Moore, Senior Attorney, FRA, telephone: 202/853-4784, email: aaron.moore@dot.gov.

The full text of the rule can be found at: http://www.gpo.gov/fds...