(a) Each railroad utilizing contractors to supply the railroad with safety-related railroad employees shall maintain a list, at its system headquarters, with information regarding each contractor utilized unless:
(1) The railroad qualifies each of the contractor's safety-related railroad employees utilized; and
(2) The railroad maintains the training records for each of the contractor's safety-related railroad employees utilized.
(b) The listing required by paragraph (a) of this section shall include:
(1) The full corporate or business name of the contractor;
(2) The contractor's primary business and email address; and
(3) The contractor's primary telephone number.
(c) The information required by this section shall be continuously updated as additional contractors are utilized, and no contractor information shall be deleted from the list unless the contractor has not been utilized for at least 3 years from the end of the calendar year the contractor was last utilized.
Sec. Appendix to Part 243--Schedule of Civil Penalties \1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section Violation Willful violation------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subpart B--Program Components and Approval Process------------------------------------------------------------------------243.101--Employer program
required:
(a-c) Complete failure $7,500-12,500 $11,000-$16,000
to submit, adopt, or
comply with program.
(a-c) Partial failure to 4,500-9,500 6,500-13,000
submit, adopt, or
comply with program; or
failure to correct
deficiencies upon FRA's
request.
(d) OJT program 2,000-4,500 4,000-6,500
requirements or failure
to make reference
materials available.
(e-f) Program validation 2,000 4,000243.105 Claiming optional 2,000-4,500 4,000-6,500
model program is FRA-
approved, when it is not:.243.109 Training program
submission, review, and
approval process:
(a) Failure to timely 2,000-4,500 4,000-6,500
resubmit program.
(b) Failure to timely 2,000-4,500 4,000-6,500
submit informational
filing.
(c) Failure to submit 4,500 6,500
new portions or
revisions.
(d) Railroad failure to 1,000 2,000
serve program.243.111 Approval of programs
filed by training
organizations or learning
institutions:
(a-b) Claiming training 2,000-4,500 4,000-6,500
is FRA-approved, when
it is not.
(c-f) FRA approved some 2,000-4,500 4,000-6,500
training, but all
conditions not met.
(g-h) Records........... 1,000 2,000------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subpart C--Program Implementation and Oversight Requirements------------------------------------------------------------------------243.201 Employee qualification requirements:
(a-b) Failure to 1,000 2,000
designate an employee.
(c-f) Other failures and 1,000 2,000
refresher training (per
employee).243.203 Records:
(a-f) Failure to 1,000 2,000
maintain records (per
employee).243.205 Periodic oversight.. 4,500-9,500 6,500-13,000243.207 Annual review....... 4,500 6,500243.209 Railroad maintained 4,500 6,500
list of contractors
utilized.------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ A penalty may be assessed against an individual only for a willful
violation. The Administrator reserves the right to assess a penalty of
up to $100,000 for any violation where circumstances warrant. See 49
CFR part 209, appendix A.