The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (Federal Railroad Administration)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- FRA safety advisory authority under 49 U.S.C. § 20103 and 49 C.F.R. § 1.89 (non-binding recommendations)
- Issued
- 2020-04-10 Apr. 10, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-10
- End
- not withdrawn during the period (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Apr. 10, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- railroads, their employees and contractors
- Functions reached
- EMP railroad workplace practices (distancing, cleaning, screening of crews and contractors)
- WF
- SC rail freight and passenger operations
- Collection
- Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE
Operative words
"This Safety Advisory encourages railroads, their employees, and contractors to review and follow all applicable guidance available related to COVID-19, including the best practices identified in the President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America--30 Days to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) COVID-19 guidelines, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Guidance...."
Enforcement
advisory (no direct penalty); recommendations enforced indirectly through 49 U.S.C. § 20103 and general safety duties
Notes
Guidance-grade instrument: the FRA's formal direction to the rail industry to apply the federal 30 Days to Slow the Spread guidelines; pleaded as facts and circumstances, not as an order limiting commerce.
Retrieval noteAdvisory, not an order; grade reflects the text read, not its legal force.