{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-270.405","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 270.405","heading":"General requirements; procedure.","body":"(a) Each railroad subject to this part shall:\n(1) Establish and implement an FRMP as part of its SSP; and\n(2) Establish an FRA-approved FRMP plan as a component of a railroad's FRA-approved SSP plan and then update its FRMP plan as necessary as part of the annual internal assessment of its SSP under § 270.303.\n(b) A railroad's FRMP plan must explain the railroad's method of analysis of fatigue risks and the railroad's process(es) for implementing its FRMP.\n(c)(1) A railroad shall submit an FRMP plan for approval to the FRA Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety and Chief Safety Officer at FRAFatigue@dot.gov, no later than either the applicable timeline in § 270.201(a) for filing its SSP plan or July 13, 2023, whichever is later.\n(2) A railroad shall submit updates to its FRMP plan to the FRA Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety and Chief Safety Officer at FRAFatigue@dot.gov, under the process for amending its SSP plan in § 270.201(c).\n(d) FRA shall review and approve or disapprove a railroad's FRMP plan and amendments to that plan under the process for reviewing SSP plans and amendments in § 270.201(b) and (c), respectively. FRA approval of a railroad's FRMP plan amends a railroad's SSP plan to include the FRMP plan as a component.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","PART 270—SYSTEM SAFETY PROGRAM","Subpart E—Fatigue Risk Management Programs"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"5a17389d9d224d137367874c8d10abaca4e9b4026ae6af566deb3c82080dd5ca","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-270.403","next":"us/49-cfr-270.407"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}