Minnesota Administrative Rules

8830.0300 CROSSING INVENTORY NUMBER.

Grade crossings, grade separations, and private crossings have been identified, and the characteristics of each crossing have been tabulated in the USDOT-AAR Crossing Inventory. References to crossings must include crossing inventory numbers when possible. Information regarding the crossing inventory number can be obtained from the Office of Freight, Railroads, and Waterways, Mn/DOT, Mail Stop 470, 395 John Ireland Boulevard, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155.

When a new crossing is constructed, the rail carrier shall assign a crossing inventory number to the crossing before the crossing may be opened to traffic. The rail carrier shall complete the USDOT-AAR crossing inventory form for each new crossing or transmit the required information in any other format approved by the FRA.

Maintenance and replacement of the crossing inventory numbers are the responsibilities of the rail carrier.

A rail carrier or road authority making a change at a crossing shall note the change on the USDOT-AAR crossing inventory form at the time the change is made or shall transmit the required information in any other format approved by the FRA. Copies of the crossing inventory form are available from the Office of Freight, Railroads, and Waterways, Mn/DOT, Mail Stop 470, 395 John Ireland Boulevard, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 218.071; 219.073; 219.165; 219.17; 219.384; 222.50; 222.58; 222.63

History:

23 SR 524

Published Electronically:

October 2, 2007