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<br />Chart 3, Creating a New Quiet Zone or New Partial Quiet Zone Using SSMs <br /> <br />I. Select the crosslng~ to be ll"lcl~lded in the New Quiet Zone. <br /> <br />2.AQLdet Zone may include highw(ly~n\i1 grade crossings on u segment of n:tllline <br />cl'ossing more than one politiczll jurisdiction, or there muy be roads within a <br />particLdur area tholt aloe the responsibility of different entities (State or county <br />roads within a town, for example). If the selected crossings are the responsibility <br />of more than one entity, obtain the cooperation of all relevant jurisdictions. <br /> <br />3. A Ne\v Quiet Zone must be at least Y2 mile in length along the railroad tracks. <br /> <br />4. A New Quiet Zone mllst howe, at a minimum, Dashing lights and g~ltes in pineo at <br />each pLlblic crossing. These mLlst be equipped with constant warning time <br />devices whel'e reason.lbly practical, and power out indicators. Any necessal'Y <br />Llpgmdes l~ust be completed before calcul~\ting risk for the q1.l1et zone, <br /> <br />S. Are there uny private or pedestl'lun crossings within the pl'Oposed Quiet Zone? If <br />any private: crossings alloW access to the public or provide access to .1ctive <br />indLlstdul or commerci.l1 site:'!, 01' if ~here a.re any pedestrhm crossings, y<m mLlst <br />conduct a dl.lgnostic team review of those crossings. Following the diagnostic <br />review, you must comply with the diagnostic teom's recommendations concerning <br />those c.:rossings, <br /> <br />6. Update the USDOT Gl't\de Crossing Inventory Form to reflect conditions.lt e.lch <br />publlc and private crossing; this Llpdute. should be complete, a.nd nccurateJ, For <br />instructions on how to complete the Llpdute, see the PItA website at <br />http://www.fm.clot. gov/us/contcnt/801 . <br /> <br />7, Submit notitication of your intent to create a New or New Partial Quiet Zone in <br />accordance with the rule. (Refer to rule section 222.43 for details.) <br /> <br />8". Using the FRA' s Q\liet Zone Calculator, a web~basecl tool that eM be found at <br />httD:I/su~'t:tyd~lw.fru.dC1Lgov/qllict/ , detel'mine whethelo the Quiet Zone Risk [ndex <br />(QZRJ:) of the pl'Oposed Quiet Zone is less than or equa.l to the Nationwide <br />S igniticunt RIsk Thresho ld (NSR T). If the QZRl is less than or eqL1i.l1 to the <br />NSRT. YOLI can establish the Quiet Zone ChloOLlgh public a\lthQrity designation by <br />completing the following step:;: <br /> <br />l For New Quiet Zon~s, the baseline conditions for calclIltlting risk require thLU thlll11inimum required <br />traffic control clevlces al'e in place. This t1rst Inventory I.lpdnte. th~retbre, mUllt be complQted cltler the <br />gntes, lights. llnd siijns ilre in place, but before the 95Ms and other menSlIl'es LIre implemented. <br /> <br />Disclaimer: Tnis sLlmmary of the rule is for informational purposes only. Entitles subject to the <br />rule ShOLlld refer to the rule text as published in the Federsl Register on August 17, 2006. Should <br />any portion of this summary conflict with the rule, the language of the rule shall govern. <br /> <br />9 <br />