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Civil Law and Data Practices
Commerce
Transportation
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The study must:
(1) identify current practices for defect notification to train crews;
(2) identify current practices for wayside detector systems or other inspection technology deployment and maintenance;
(3) analyze deployed and emerging wayside detector system technology, including known detector types and quantities and may include but is not limited to the following inspection technologies: (i) acoustic bearing detectors; (ii) hot box detectors; (iii) wheel tread inspection detectors; (iv) wheel impact load detectors; (v) wheel temperature detectors; (vi) wheel profile detectors; and (vii) machine vision systems;
(4) analyze wayside detector systems' impacts on railroad safety and identify accidents and incident trends of rolling stock or other conditions monitored by wayside detectors;
(5) estimate costs of requiring wayside detector systems for Class II and Class III railroads and rail carriers and identify potential state funding mechanisms to institute the requirements;
(6) include a federal preemption analysis of mandating wayside detector systems under state law that includes an analysis and examination of federal law, case law, and federal guidance;
(7) analyze the costs and impacts, if any, on the transport of goods on certain Minnesota industries and sectors, including agriculture, taconite mining, manufacturing, timber, retail, and automotive, if implementation of a wayside detector system is required in Minnesota; and
(8) review current and anticipated Federal Railroad Administration efforts to regulate wayside detector systems, including guidance from the federal Railroad Safety Advisory Committee on wayside detectors
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