Re:	Rules Adopted in Public Utilities Commission Rulemaking Docket No. 06R-189R

RULES REGULATING RAILROADS, RAIL FIXED GUIDEWAYS, TRANSPORTATION BY RAIL, AND RAIL CROSSINGS, 4 CCR 723-7; amending specifically, Rules 7002., and 7340. through 7355., concerning System Safety Program Standard for Rail Fixed Guideway Systems.  

BASIS AND PURPOSE
To amend existing rules pertaining to System Safety Program Standards for Rail Fixed Guideway Systems to comply with new Federal Transit Administration State Safety Oversight rules and to codify the program standard requirements outlined in 49 Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Part 659.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY
The statutory authority for the promulgation of these rules can be found at §§ 40-2-108, 40-2-119, 40-3-101(1), 40-3-102, 40-3-103, 40-3-110, 40-4-101(1), 40-4-101(2), 40-4-106, 40-5-105, 40-6-111(3), 40-9-108(2), 40-18-102, 40-18-103, 40-29-110, and 40-32-108, C.R.S.

Federal Authority
FTA revised State Safety Oversight  -  program standard requirements, outlined in 49 C.F.R. Part 659.