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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY T. TAYLOR and HUSER
1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 6933SS BY McCOY)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution urging the Federal Railroad
1 5 Administration to conduct regulatory proceedings
1 6 regarding remote control locomotive operations by
1 7 railroad companies.
1 8 WHEREAS, one of the primary goals of the Iowa
1 9 General Assembly is to protect the safety of the
1 10 citizens of the State of Iowa; and
1 11 WHEREAS, the Iowa General Assembly is dedicated to
1 12 the proposition that all Iowans have a right to a safe
1 13 environment, free from the danger of uncontrolled
1 14 releases of hazardous materials; and
1 15 WHEREAS, railroad companies that operate in Iowa
1 16 transport large amounts of hazardous chemicals, and
1 17 those chemicals are subject to uncontrolled releases
1 18 or spillage when railroad cars carrying the chemicals
1 19 are ruptured during derailments or collisions; and
1 20 WHEREAS, railroad companies operating in Iowa have
1 21 implemented remote control locomotive operations in
1 22 which unmanned locomotives are used to switch railcars
1 23 containing hazardous materials, or to switch cars on
1 24 tracks adjacent to cars carrying hazardous materials,
1 25 occupied locomotives, and passenger trains; and
1 26 WHEREAS, in the United States, railroad companies
1 27 have been allowed to implement these remote control
1 28 operations without Federal Railroad Administration
1 29 regulations, in spite of a request in November 2000 by
1 30 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
2 1 to the Federal Railroad Administration to initiate a
2 2 rulemaking procedure; and
2 3 WHEREAS, on November 29, 2000, the Federal Railroad
2 4 Administration established FRA Docket No. 2000-8422 to
2 5 engage in rulemaking regarding remote control
2 6 locomotive operations, and thus far, the Federal
2 7 Railroad Administration has declined to provide such
2 8 rulemaking; NOW THEREFORE,
2 9 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 10 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly
2 11 calls upon the Federal Railroad Administration to
2 12 reopen FRA Docket No. 2000-8422 so that railroad
2 13 employees, citizens, and communities that may be
2 14 affected can register their concerns about the safety
2 15 of railroad operations; and
2 16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 17 Resolution be sent to the President of the United
2 18 States, the Administrator of the Federal Railroad
2 19 Administration, and the members of Iowa's
2 20 congressional delegation.
2 21 LSB 6933HH 80
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