| (a) Annually, each rail transit agency shall conduct
an internal review of its system safety program plan to ensure that
all elements of the system safety program plan are performing as intended.
(b) The internal review process must, at a minimum:
(1) describe the process used by the rail transit agency
to determine if all identified elements of its system safety program
plan are performing as intended;
(2) ensure that all elements of the system safety program
plan are reviewed in an ongoing manner; and
(3) include checklists or procedures that the rail
transit agency will use for the review.
(c) The rail transit agency shall notify the department
at least 60 days before the day of conducting the internal safety
review. This notification must include any checklists or procedures
that will be used during the review.
(d) The rail transit agency shall permit the department
to participate in or observe the on-site portions of the rail transit
agency's internal review.
(e) Before February 1 of each year, the rail transit
agency shall submit a report documenting internal safety review activities
that have been performed since the last report and the findings and
status of corrective actions.
(f) The annual report must be accompanied by a formal
letter, signed by the rail transit agency's chief executive, that:
(1) certifies that the rail transit agency is in compliance
with its system safety program plan; or
(2) if the rail transit agency determines that the
findings from its internal safety review indicate that it is not in
compliance with its system safety program plan, states that the rail
transit agency is not in compliance with its system safety program
plan, specifies each noncompliance issue, the activities that the
rail transit agency will take to achieve compliance, the date that
those activities will be completed, and the projected date that compliance
with the plan will be achieved.
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