Federal Standards for Railroad Safety: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 16980 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 - 427 pages Sponsored by Panel H-2 (Resistance and Propulsion) of the Hydrodynamics Committee |
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... penalty might otherwise apply . ( b ) The civil penalties provided in this section may be compromised by the Secretary . The amount of any penalty , when finally determined , or the amount agreed upon in compromise , may be deducted ...
... penalty might otherwise apply . ( b ) The civil penalties provided in this section may be compromised by the Secretary . The amount of any penalty , when finally determined , or the amount agreed upon in compromise , may be deducted ...
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... penalties for violations of the act or regulations issued under it . Section 7 would authorize the Secretary to obtain injunctive relief to enforce standards , rules , and regulations issued under the act . Section 12 would enable the ...
... penalties for violations of the act or regulations issued under it . Section 7 would authorize the Secretary to obtain injunctive relief to enforce standards , rules , and regulations issued under the act . Section 12 would enable the ...
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... penalties in court proceedings , but we do not like to think of our- selves as a mere safety policeman on the Nation's railroads . We play that role when we have to , but our thrust today is toward a more positive approach . THE NEED ...
... penalties in court proceedings , but we do not like to think of our- selves as a mere safety policeman on the Nation's railroads . We play that role when we have to , but our thrust today is toward a more positive approach . THE NEED ...
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... penalties to help assure compliance with all safety regulations . It would impose civil penalties of $ 250 to $ 1,000 for failure to comply with safety standards , rules and regulations , or for failure to ... penalty of up to $ 10,000 13.
... penalties to help assure compliance with all safety regulations . It would impose civil penalties of $ 250 to $ 1,000 for failure to comply with safety standards , rules and regulations , or for failure to ... penalty of up to $ 10,000 13.
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... penalty of up to $ 10,000 and 1 year's imprison- ment , or both , for knowing and willful violations . The bill also authorizes the Secretary to obtain injunctive relief to enforce safety standards , rules and regulations . It further ...
... penalty of up to $ 10,000 and 1 year's imprison- ment , or both , for knowing and willful violations . The bill also authorizes the Secretary to obtain injunctive relief to enforce safety standards , rules and regulations . It further ...
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acci Accident Reports Administrative Procedure Act amendment American Railroads areas authority Aviation BERNSTEIN brakes brotherhoods BROTZMAN BROWN cars casualties cause Chairman CHESSER class I railroads Collision committee common carrier Congress cost CROTTY DAULTON defects Department of Transportation derailments director of locomotive duty equipment Federal Railroad Administration figures freight FRIEDEL going grade crossings highway hours of service increase injuries inspectors Interstate Commerce Commission investigation Killed Injured KORNEGAY KUYKENDALL legislation liability locomotive inspection maintenance MENK ment miles million MOLONEY motor O'CONNELL passenger penalty percent person prescribe proposed question radio rail commerce rail facilities railroad accidents railroad employees railroad industry railroad safety Railway Labor Act Railway Labor Executives record road rules safety bill safety regulation Secretary BOYD signal SKUBITZ specific SPRINGER standards Stat statement statistics statutes TABLE testimony Thank tion Total track train accidents truck United States attorney violation WATSON
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Page 80 - railroad" as used in this act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease; and the term "transportation" shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page 69 - Any action instituted under this subsection shall survive, notwithstanding any change in the person occupying the office of Secretary or any vacancy in such office.
Page 147 - Nothing in this Act shall apply to working conditions of employees with respect to which other Federal agencies...
Page 81 - That the provisions of this Act shall not apply in any case of casualty or unavoidable accident or the act of God; nor where the delay was the result of a cause not known to the carrier or its officer or agent in charge of such employe' at the time said employe left a terminal, and which could not have been foreseen : Provided further, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the crews of wrecking or relief trains.
Page 72 - July, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, until otherwise ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission, it shall be unlawful for any railroad company to use any car in interstate commerce that is not provided with secure grab irons or handholds in the ends and sides of each car for greater security to men in coupling and uncoupling cars.
Page 80 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States...
Page 80 - Neither said report nor any report of said investigation nor any part thereof shall be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in said report or investigation.
Page 81 - employer" shall not include any street, interurban, or suburban electric railway, unless such railway is operating as a part of a general steamrailroad system of transportation, but shall not...
Page 83 - ... upon any persons who shall hereafter, by extreme daring, endanger their own lives in saving, or endeavoring to save, lives from any wreck, disaster, or grave accident, or in preventing or endeavoring to prevent such wreck, disaster, or grave accident, upon any railroad within the United States engaged in interstate commerce...
Page 81 - ... subject to this act to be or remain on duty for a longer period than sixteen consecutive hours, and whenever any such employe of such common carrier shall have been continuously on duty for sixteen hours he shall be relieved and not required or permitted again to go on duty until he has had at least ten consecutive hours off duty...