(a) The railroad's program of operational tests and inspections under part 217 of this chapter shall be revised as necessary to include this subpart and shall specifically include a minimum number of operational tests and inspections, subject to adjustment as appropriate.
(b) When conducting a test or inspection under part 217 of this chapter, a railroad officer, manager, or supervisor is prohibited from calling the personal electronic device or the railroad-supplied electronic device used by a railroad operating employee while the railroad officer, manager, or supervisor knows or should have known that--
(1) The train to which the employee is assigned is moving;
(2) The employee is--
(i) On the ground;
(ii) Riding rolling equipment during switching operations; or
(iii) Assisting in preparation of the train to which the employee is assigned for movement.
Sec. Appendix A to Part 220--Recommended Phonetic Alphabet A--ALFAB--BRAVOC--CHARLIED--DELTAE--ECHOF--FOXTROTG--GOLFH--HOTELI--INDIAJ--JULIETK--KILOL--LIMAM--MIKEN--NOVEMBERO--OSCARP--PAPAQ--QUEBECR--ROMEOS--SIERRAT--TANGOU--UNIFORMV--VICTORW--WHISKEYX--XRAYY--YANKEEZ--ZULU
The letter ``ZULU'' should be written as ``Z'' to distinguish it from the numeral ``2''.
Editorial Note: At 63 FR 11621, Mar. 10, 1998, an amendment was published amending footnote 1 to appendix A of part 220. The amendment could not be incorporated because footnote 1 to appendix A of part 220 does not exist in 49 CFR parts 200 to 399, revised as of Oct. 1, 1997.
Sec. Appendix B to Part 220--Recommended Pronunciation of Numerals
To distinguish numbers from similar sounding words, the word ``figures''should be used preceding such numbers. Numbers should be pronounced as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number Spoken------------------------------------------------------------------------0........................................ ZERO.1........................................ WUN.2........................................ TOO.3........................................ THUH-REE-.4........................................ FO-WER.5........................................ FI-YIV.6........................................ SIX.7........................................ SEVEN.8........................................ ATE.9........................................ NINER.------------------------------------------------------------------------
(The figure ZERO should be written as ``0'' to distinguish it from the letter ``O''. The figure ONE should be underlined to distinguish it from the letter ``I''. When railroad rules require that numbers be spelled, these principles do not apply.)
The following examples illustrate the recommended pronunciation of numerals: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number Spoken------------------------------------------------------------------------44..................................... FO-WER FO-WER.500.................................... FI-YIV HUNDRED.1000................................... WUN THOUSAND.1600................................... WUN SIX HUNDRED.14899.................................. WUN FO-WER ATE
NINER NINER.20.3................................... TOO ZERO DECIMAL
THUH-REE.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appendix C to Part 220--Schedule of Civil Penalties \1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Willful
Section \2\ Violation violation------------------------------------------------------------------------220.9 Requirements for trains................. $5,000 $7,500220.11 Requirements for roadway workers....... 5,000 7,500220.21 Railroad Operating rules; radio
communications
(a)....................................... 5,000 7,500
(b)....................................... 2,500 5,000220.23 Publication of radio information....... 2,500 5,000220.25 Instruction of employees............... 5,000 7,500220.27 Identification......................... 1,000 2,000220.29 Statement of letters and numbers....... 1,000 2,000220.31 Initiating a transmission.............. 1,000 2,000220.33 Receiving a transmission............... 1,000 2,000
220.35 Ending a transmission.................. 1,000 2,000220.37 Voice test............................. 5,000 7,500220.39 Continuous monitoring.................. 2,500 5,000220.41 [Reserved]............................. ........... ...........220.43 Communication consistent with the rules 2,500 5,000220.45 Complete communications................ 2,500 5,000220.47 Emergencies............................ 2,500 5,000220.49 Switching, backing or pushing.......... 5,000 7,500220.51 Signal indications..................... 5,000 7,500220.61 Radio transmission of mandatory 5,000 7,500
directives...................................
Subpart C--Electronic Devices220.302 Operating rules....................... 9,500 17,000220.303 General; interfering with safety- 9,500 17,000
related duties...............................220.305 Personal electronic device turned on 5,500 10,000
while prohibited
(a)-(c) Personal device in use while 9,500 17,000
prohibited...............................220.307 Railroad-supplied device turned on 5,500 10,000
while prohibited
(a) Use not authorized by railroad in 9,500 17,000
writing..................................
(b)-(d) Railroad-supplied devices in use 9,500 17,000
while prohibited.........................220.311 Railroad operating employees in
deadhead status:
(a)....................................... 9,500 17,000
(b) Devices turned on while prohibited; or 5,500 10,000
device in use while prohibited............ 9,500 17,000220.313 Program of instruction:
(a)-(d)................................... 9,500 17,000220.315 Operational tests and inspections:
(a)-(b)................................... 9,500 17,000------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ A penalty may be assessed against and only for a willful violation.
The Administrator reserves the right to assess a penalty of up to
$105,000 for any violation where circumstances warrant. See 49 CFR
part 209, appendix A.\2\ The penalty schedule uses section numbers from 49 CFR part 220. If
more than one item is listed as a type of violation of a given
section, each item is also designated by a ``penalty code,'' which is
used to facilitate assessment of civil penalties, and which may or may
not correspond to any subsection designation(s). For convenience,
penalty citations will cite the CFR section and the penalty code, if
any. FRA reserves the right, should litigation become necessary, to
substitute in its complaint the CFR citation in place of the combined
CFR and penalty code citation, should they differ. [63 FR 47195, Sept. 4, 1998, as amended at 69 FR 30593, May 28, 2004; 73 FR 79702, Dec. 30, 2008; 75 FR 59604, Sept. 27, 2010; 77 FR 24420, Apr. 24, 2012]