1. (a) Each rail transit agency shall develop, and document in its system safety program plan, a process to identify and resolve hazards during its operation, including any hazards resulting from a subsequent system extension, rehabilitation, or modification, from operational changes, or from other changes within the rail transit environment.

2. (b) The hazard management process must, at a minimum:

   1. (1) define the rail transit agency's approach to hazard management and the implementation of an integrated system-wide hazard resolution process;
   2. (2) specify the mechanisms used for the on-going identification of hazards;
   3. (3) define the process used to evaluate identified hazards and prioritize them for elimination or control;
   4. (4) identify the mechanism used to track through resolution the identified hazards;
   5. (5) define minimum thresholds for the notification and reporting of hazards to the department; and
   6. (6) specify the process used by the rail transit agency to provide on-going reporting of hazard resolution activities to the department.
3. (c) A rail transit agency shall report to the department each identified hazard within 24 hours of the time that the hazard is identified and shall submit not later than the 15th day of each month a log that lists each hazard that was identified during the preceding month.

Source Note:The provisions of this §7.83 adopted to be effective September 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 5238.