49 CFR § 222.47 - What periodic updates are required?

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title: "49 CFR § 222.47 - What periodic updates are required?"
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "222.47"
section_name: "What periodic updates are required?"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "222"
part_name: "USE OF LOCOMOTIVE HORNS AT PUBLIC HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSINGS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20153, 21301, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 47634, Aug. 17, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 222.47 What periodic updates are required?

(a) *Quiet zones with SSMs at each public crossing.* This paragraph (a) addresses quiet zones established pursuant to §§ 222.39(a)(1) and 222.41(a)(1)(i) and (b)(1)(i) (quiet zones with an SSM implemented at every public crossing within the quiet zone) of this part. Between 4
1/2 and 5 years after the date of the quiet zone establishment notice provided by the public authority under § 222.43, and between 4
1/2 and 5 years after the last affirmation under this section, the public authority must:

(1) Electronically affirm in writing to FRA's Grade Crossing and Trespasser Outreach Division that the SSMs implemented within the quiet zone continue to conform to the requirements of appendix A of this part. Copies of such affirmation must be provided to the parties identified in § 222.43(a)(3); and

(2) Electronically provide to FRA's Grade Crossing and Trespasser Outreach Division an up-to-date, accurate, and complete Grade Crossing Inventory Form for each public highway-rail grade crossing, private highway-rail grade crossing, and pedestrian crossing within the quiet zone.

(b) *Quiet zones which do not have a supplementary safety measure at each public crossing.* This paragraph (b) addresses quiet zones established pursuant to §§ 222.39(a)(2) and (a)(3), 222.39(b), 222.41(a)(1)(ii), (a)(1)(iii), and (a)(1)(iv), and 222.41(b)(1)(ii), (b)(1)(iii), and (b)(1)(iv) (quiet zones which do not have an SSM at every public crossing within the quiet zone). Between 2
1/2 and 3 years after the date of the quiet zone establishment notice provided by the public authority under § 222.43, and between 2
1/2 and 3 years after the last affirmation under this section, the public authority must:

(1) Electronically affirm in writing to FRA's Grade Crossing and Trespasser Outreach Division that all SSMs and ASMs implemented within the quiet zone continue to conform to the requirements of appendices A and B of this part or the terms of the Quiet Zone approval. Copies of such notification must be provided to the parties identified in § 222.43(a)(3); and

(2) Electronically provide to FRA's Grade Crossing and Trespasser Outreach Division an up-to-date, accurate, and complete Grade Crossing Inventory Form for each public highway-rail grade crossing, private highway-rail grade crossing, and pedestrian grade crossing within the quiet zone.

[90 FR 28152, July 1, 2025]