{"id":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-073","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (Federal Railroad Administration; all railroads)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"AVIATION-SURFACE","eco":"","issuer":"Federal Railroad Administration, Administrator Ronald L. Batory","authority":"49 C.F.R. § 211.45(a)-(b): the Administrator may determine that an emergency situation exists and open the emergency relief docket for expedited waivers","instrument":"FRA Administrator\u0027s Declaration of Emergency Situation: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020), Docket FRA-2020-0002 (as posted on the FRA website, updated Mar. 23, 2020)","title":"FRA Administrator\u0027s Declaration of Emergency Situation: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"remained in effect through 2021 (\u0022until it is specifically rescinded by the Administrator\u0022, 86 FR 1573, Ex. 015)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","OTHER"],"addressees":["all railroads and persons subject to the Federal railroad safety regulations"],"clause":"\u0022Pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 211.45, Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Ronald L. Batory has determined that the imminent threat and exposure to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses a risk of serious illness that constitutes an \u0027emergency situation\u0027 as related to railroad operations. In making this determination, the Administrator notes the President has declared a national emergency related to COVID-19 and the World Health Organization (WHO) has made the assessment of COVID-19 and it is now characterized as pandemic, which can cause serious illness to high risk populations. Governors of several States have issued various Emergency Declarations related to COVID-19 outbreaks.\u0022 The declaration is effective \u0022March 13, 2020, and the emergency relief provisions of 49 CFR § 211.[45 apply].\u0022","enforcement":"opens expedited waiver process (49 C.F.R. § 211.45); waivers granted under it modified compliance duties of railroads and contractors","functions":["OP railroad regulatory compliance under emergency waivers (crew certification, testing, inspection intervals)","WF","SC rail freight network"],"notes":"The predicate for FRA\u0027s COVID-19 emergency waivers of 2020-2021; recites the State emergency declarations and the national emergency.","sourceUrl":"https://railroads.dot.gov/declaration-emergency-coronavirus-2019","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200325125135/https://railroads.dot.gov/declaration-emergency-coronavirus-2019","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":311190,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE","url":"/library/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-073","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-073","citation":"Federal Railroad Administration, Administrator Ronald L. Batory, FRA Administrator\u0027s Declaration of Emergency Situation: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020), Docket FRA-2020-0002 (as posted on the FRA website, updated Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-073)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-013"]}