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TITLE 43TRANSPORTATION
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER 7RAIL FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER ERAIL FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEM STATE SAFETY OVERSIGHT PROGRAM
RULE §7.84Hazard Management Process

(a) Each rail transit agency shall develop, and document in its system safety program plan, a process to identify and resolve hazards during its operation, including any hazards resulting from a subsequent system extension, rehabilitation, or modification, from operational changes, or from other changes within the rail transit environment.

(b) The hazard management process must, at a minimum:

  (1) define the rail transit agency's approach to hazard management and the implementation of an integrated system-wide hazard resolution process;

  (2) specify the mechanisms used for the on-going identification of hazards;

  (3) define the process used to evaluate identified hazards and prioritize them for elimination or control;

  (4) identify the mechanism used to track through resolution the identified hazards;

  (5) define minimum thresholds for the notification and reporting of hazards to the department; and

  (6) specify the process used by the rail transit agency to provide on-going reporting of hazard resolution activities to the department.

(c) A rail transit agency shall report to the department each identified hazard within 24 hours of the time that the hazard is identified.


Source Note: The provisions of this §7.84 adopted to be effective February 19, 2020, 45 TexReg 1041

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