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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 38 / Monday, March 1, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Removed
7. Remove 25.170.
8. Revise 25.171 to read as follows:

25.171 Space station point of contact reporting requirements.

a Annual report. On June 30 of each year, a space station licensee or market access recipient must provide a current listing of the names, titles, addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers of the points of contact for resolution of interference problems and for emergency response. Contact personnel should include those responsible for resolution of short-term, immediate interference problems at the system control center, and those responsible for long-term engineering and technical design issues.
b Updated information. If a space station licensee or market access recipient point of contact information changes, the space station licensee or market access recipient must file the updated information within 10 days of the change.
c Electronic filing. Filings under paragraphs a or b of this section must be made electronically in the Commissions International Bureau Filing System IBFS in the Other Filings tab of the stations current authorization file.
9. Amend 25.172 by revising paragraph a1 to read as follows:
25.172 Requirements for reporting space station control arrangements.

a
1 The information required by 25.171a.

Editorial Note: The Office of the Federal Register received this document on December 23, 2020.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration 49 CFR Parts 209 and 211
Emergency Order No. 32, Notice No. 1

Emergency Order Requiring Face Mask Use in Railroad Operations To help prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 COVID19, the Federal Railroad Administration FRA is issuing this emergency order E.O. to require compliance with the mask requirements of the Order of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Requirement for
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Persons to Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs. This E.O. also implements Promoting COVID19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel, issued on January 21, 2021, requiring masks to be worn in or on airports, commercial aircraft, and various modes of surface transportation, including trains. Specifically, this E.O. addresses requirements for face mask use with respect to all freight rail operations and portions of each passenger rail operation under FRAs safety jurisdiction.
DATES: This emergency order is effective March 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Patterson, Director, Office of Data Analysis and Program Support, at 202
4936282 or mark.patterson@dot.gov;
Elizabeth Gross, Attorney Adviser, Office of the Chief Counsel, at 202
4931342 or elizabeth.gross@dot.gov; or Veronica Chittim, Attorney Adviser, Office of the Chief Counsel, at 202
4930273 or veronica.chittim@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction FRA is issuing this E.O. to implement Executive Order 13998,1 which directs the Secretary of Transportation to take action to require masks to be worn in compliance with CDC guidelines in or on trains.2
On January 31, 2021, the Transportation Security Administration TSA issued Security Directive SD
1582/842101, Security Measures Face Mask Requirements TSA SD, to implement Executive Order 13998 and to enforce the CDC Order with respect to conveyances and transportation facilities used in various modes of surface transportation, including passenger rail.
On February 12, 2021, the Secretary of Transportation issued an Action Memorandum to further USDOTs efforts to implement the Presidents Executive Order 13998. Finding that COVID19 and its variants continue to present unprecedented challenges to the health of the traveling public in all modes of transportation, and that the wearing of masks on all modes of transportation can mitigate the risk of travelers spreading COVID19 and can instill safety and confidence in transportation systems, the Secretary directed FRA to take action to support 1 86

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example, this E.O. applies to all persons in or on a freight train, locomotive, high-rail vehicle, crew transportation vehicle, or in a railroad transportation facility, terminal, yard, storage facility, yard office, crew room, maintenance shop, and other areas regularly occupied by personnel engaged in railroad operations.
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and carry out enforcement of the CDC
Order with respect to transportation entities subject to its jurisdiction.
In issuing this E.O., FRA is exercising its emergency railroad safety authority to the extent necessary to require mask wearing in accordance with the CDC
Order and implement Executive Order 13998 with respect to freight rail operations and those portions of passenger rail operations 3 not already covered by the TSA SD. FRA is not exercising its authority over any other aspect of the COVID19 pandemic and does not otherwise intend by this E.O.
to affect working conditions for employees and contractors engaged in railroad operations.4
Authority Authority to enforce Federal railroad safety laws has been delegated by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to the Administrator of FRA. 49 U.S.C. 103; 49
CFR 1.89e and internal delegations.
Railroads are subject to FRAs safety jurisdiction under the Federal railroad safety laws. 49 U.S.C. 20101, 20103.
FRA is authorized to issue emergency orders where an unsafe condition or practice causes an emergency situation involving a hazard of death, personal injury, or significant harm to the environment. 49 U.S.C. 20104.
Emergency orders may immediately impose restrictions and prohibitions . . . that may be necessary to abate the situation. Id.
COVID19 Pandemic Due to the ongoing COVID19
pandemic, and to reduce the spread of COVID19, President Biden issued Executive Order 13998, Promoting COVID19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel, on January 21, 2021, requiring masks to be worn in airports, on commercial aircraft, and in various modes of surface transportation, 3 For an explanation of how FRA exercises its safety jurisdiction over passenger rail operations, see FRAs Policy on Jurisdiction Over Passenger Operations in 49 CFR part 209, appendix A
Statement of Agency Policy Concerning Enforcement of the Federal Railroad Safety Laws.
4 Nothing in this E.O. is intended to interfere with any applicable jurisdiction over COVID19 issues in the workplace by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Additionally, FRA is not exercising its railroad safety authority over any COVID19 issue other than requiring compliance with mask mandates in accordance with the CDC
Order, nor is it exercising its jurisdiction over how a railroad decides to comply with the CDC Order and this E.O. For example, a railroad may not include any type of COVID19 risk-based hazard analysis as part of its railroad system safety program under either 49 CFR part 270 System Safety Program or part 271 Risk Reduction Program in order to protect that analysis from discovery or use in litigation under either 49 CFR 270.105 or 49 CFR
271.11.

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