Introduced Version





HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No.
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION



        A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana state department of health, the Indiana occupational safety and health administration division of the Indiana department of labor, and the Indiana department of environmental management to review the health and safety standards at railroad mobile camps.



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Introduced

Second Regular Session of the 114th General Assembly (2006)


HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION



        A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana state department of health, the Indiana occupational safety and health administration division of the Indiana department of labor, and the Indiana department of environmental management to review the health and safety standards at railroad mobile camps.

    Whereas, Mobile camps are temporary facilities set up to house maintenance of way employees who travel throughout the country to perform maintenance and repair work on railroad tracks;

    Whereas, The Federal Railroad Administration has established guidelines for clean, safe, and sanitary railroad mobile camps in the Code of Federal Regulations at 49 CFR 228, Appendix C;

    Whereas, Due to the temporary nature of the mobile railroad camps, oversight and inspection by federal authorities is limited; and

    Whereas, Involvement of appropriate state and local agencies would help to address, in a more timely manner, health and safety issues for both the railroad maintenance of way employees and the residents of the communities in the area surrounding the mobile camps: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives

of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,

the Senate concurring:



    SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly encourages the railroad companies, railroad employees, and unions to work together to improve the health and safety of the mobile camps housing maintenance of way employees.
    SECTION 2. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the Indiana state department of health, the Indiana occupational safety and health administration division of the Indiana department of labor, and the Indiana department of environmental management, to the extent allowed by current law, to inspect the mobile camps housing maintenance of way employees in Indiana for compliance with the health and safety guidelines.
    SECTION 3. That the Indiana General Assembly urges these agencies to make recommendations regarding legislative action needed to help promote more timely and effective enforcement of the health and safety guidelines for the mobile camps and to submit a report to the legislative council on or before November 1, 2006.
    SECTION 4. That the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to the commissioner of the Indiana state department of health, the commissioner of the Indiana department of Labor, the commissioner of the Indiana department of environmental management, and the legislative director of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees.