108 STAT. 1372 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 49 USC 20103 note. Regulations. Effective date. "(i) the movement of hazardous liquid by pipeline, or the storage of hazardous liquid incidental to the movement of hazardous liquid by pipeline, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce; and "(ii) the movement of hazardous liquid through regulated gathering lines; but "(B) does not include moving hazardous liquid through— "(i) gathering lines (except regulated gathering lines) in a rural area; "(ii) onshore production, refining, or manufacturing facilities; or "(iii) storage or in-plant piping systems associated with onshore production, refining, or manufacturing facilities. ". (t)(l) Not later than March 3, 1995, the Secretary of Transportation shall complete a regulatory proceeding to consider prescribing regulations to improve the safety and working conditions of locomotive cabs. The proceeding shall assess— (A) the adequacy of Locomotive Crashworthiness Requirements Standard S-580, or any successor standard, adopted by the Association of American Railroads in 1989 in improving the safety of locomotive cabs; and (B) the extent to which environmental, sanitary, and other working conditions in locomotive cabs affect productivity, health, and the safe operation of locomotives. (2) SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS.— In support of the proceeding required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary shall conduct research and analysis, including computer modeling and full-scale crash testing, as appropriate, to consider— (A) the costs and benefits associated with equipping locomotives with— ,j,, (i) braced collision posts; (ii) rollover protection devices; (iii) deflection plates; (iv) shatterproof windows; (v) readily accessible crash refuges; (vi) uniform sill heights; (vii) anticlimbers, or other equipment designed to prevent overrides resulting from head-on locomotive collisions; (viii) equipment to deter post-collision entry of flammable liquids into locomotive cabs; (ix) any other devices intended to provide crash protection for occupants of locomotive cabs; and (x) functioning and regularly maintained sanitary facilities; and (B) the effects on train crews of the presence of asbestos in locomotive components. (3) REPORT.— If, on the basis of the proceeding required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary decides not to prescribe regulations, the Secretary shall report to Congress on the reasons for that decision. (u) Not later than April 25, 1993, the Attorney General shall prescribe the regulations required under section 33110(c) of title 49, United States Code, as enacted by section 1 of this Act. Section 33110(b) of title 49 is effective not later than 3 months after those regulations are prescribed but not before the date on which
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