Re:	Rules Adopted in Public Utilities Commission Rulemaking Docket No. 06R-506R

RULES REGULATING RAILROADS, RAIL FIXED GUIDEWAYS, TRANSPORTATION BY RAIL, AND RAIL CROSSINGS, 4 CCR 723-7

BASIS AND PURPOSE
To simplify definitions, add rules that were inadvertently omitted during the preceding rulemaking, remove a requirement that is burdensome to applicants, request additional contact information on applications, provide technical corrections to a few of the current railroad rules, and update the rules to reflect the Commission’s new address.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY
The statutory authority for the proposed rules is found in §§ 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
Current rules incorporate the National Electrical Safety Code in two separate places.  These adopted rules would reduce the incorporations by reference in this regard to one instance, to rule 7008.