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<br />Chart 3, Creatine i\ New Quiet Zone or New F'artl~1 Quiet Zone USing SSMs <br /> <br />I. Select the crossings to be lnclLlded in the New Qult:t Zone. <br /> <br />2. A Quiet Zone mtl)l include hlghw~ly.rail gradi: crossings on II segment of l'ai lline <br />crossing more thLln one political jLlrisdiction, or there I11tlY be mLlds WIthIn So <br />particular IlI'eo. that Ilre the responsibility of different entities (State or county <br />roads within u town, for example), If the selected crossings are the responsibility <br />of more thun one entity, obtain the cooperation of all relevantjLlrisdlctions. <br /> <br />3. A New Quiet Zone must be u,t least ~ mile in length along the railroad tracks. <br /> <br />4. A New Quiet Zone must htwe, at a mlnimLlm, flushing lights and gates in plL1CI':: ,It <br />eLlchpubllc crossing. These must be equipped with constant warning time <br />devices wh~re reusot1t:lbly practici;ll, and power out Indicators. Any necessary <br />Llpgl'udes l11ust be completed before calculLlting risk for theq~det zone. <br /> <br />S. An: there any pl'ivate or pedestrian crossings within the pl'Oposed Q~det Zone? If <br />any private cl'ossings allow access to the public or provide access to Llctive <br />incll.~stl'iul Dr cammel'cial sites, or if there are uny p(;destriLll1 crossings, you [mist <br />condLlct a diLlgnostic tel.lm review of those crossings. FollOWIng the diagnostic <br />review, you mLlst comply with the diagnostic team's recommendt~tlons concerning <br />those crossllngs. <br /> <br />6. Update the USDOT Onlde Cl'Ossing Inventory FOI'I11 to renect conditions at each <br />public i;lnd private crossing; this Llpdute should be complete, and uCcLlrateJ. For <br />instrLlctions on how to complete the Llpdate, see the FRA website at <br />http://www.ti't1.dot.140vhls/content/80l. <br /> <br />7. Submit notiticution of YOLlr intent to create a New or New Partial Quiet Zone in <br />accordance with the rule. (Refer to rule section 222.43 fOI'details.) <br /> <br />8" Using the FRA's Ql.liet Zone Calculator, a web-based tool thi;tt C~ln be found at <br />http://stlti::t):'dL1In.frtl.c1ot.gov/qllie~i. I determine whethel' the Quiet Zone Risk Index <br />(QZRI) at' the proposed Quiet Zone is ItlSS than or equal to the Nationwide <br />Signiticant Risk Threshold (NSRT). [fthe QZRI is less than or ec.lul,l! to the <br />NSRT, you can establish the Quiet Zone thl'ough public L\l.lthority designation b~ <br />comple:tinij the following steps: <br /> <br />J For New Ql.li~t Zones, thll buacllne conditions ror cnlClliating risk re9llirc thnt Inll minimum re'luh'ed <br />traffic control deviges aj'e in plnce. ThIll t1rst Inventory I.lpdnte, therefore, must be completecl (l'ttel' the <br />gntes, lights, and signs \\1'1:: In pIEICt:. but before the SSMs ,me! other mCll/lUreS ,lre impl\':mented. <br /> <br />Disclaimer: This summary of the rule is for infol'mation.al purposes only. Entities SUbject to the <br />rule should refer to the rule text as published in the Federal 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 />