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FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINSTRATOR RULING 11-24-06

FROM FEDERAL REGISTER 11-24-06

PART 634--WORKER VISIBILITY

Sec.

634.1 Purpose.

634.2 Definitions.

634.3 Rule.

634.4 Compliance date.

 
    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 101(a), 109(d), 114(a), 315, and 402(a); 

Sec. 1402 of Pub. L. 109-59; 23 CFR 1.32; and 49 CFR 1-48(b).

Sec.  634.1  Purpose.

    The purpose of the regulations in this part is to decrease the 

likelihood of worker fatalities or injuries caused by motor vehicles 

and construction vehicles and equipment while working within the 


right-of-way on Federal-aid highways.

Sec.  634.2  Definitions.

    Close proximity means within the highway right-of-way on Federal-

aid highways.

    High-visibility safety apparel means personal protective safety 

clothing that is intended to provide conspicuity during both daytime 

and nighttime usage, and that meets the Performance Class 2 or 3 

requirements of the ANSI/ISEA 107-2004 publication entitled ``American 

National Standard for High-Visibility Safety Apparel and Headwear.'' 

This publication is incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51 and is on file at the National Archives 

and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability 

of this material at NARA, call (202) 741-6030, or go to 


http://www.archives.gov/.  It is available for inspection and copying at 

the Federal Highway Administration,400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 4232,

Washington, DC, 20590, as provided in 49 CFR Part 7. This publication is 

available for purchase from the International Safety Equipment 

Association (ISEA) at 1901 N. Moore Street, Suite 808, Arlington, 

VA 22209, http://www.safetyequipment.org.

    Workers means people on foot whose duties place them within the 

right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway, such as highway construction and 

maintenance forces, survey crews, utility crews, responders to 

incidents within the highway right-of-way, and law enforcement 

personnel when directing traffic, investigating crashes, and handling 

lane closures, obstructed roadways, and disasters within the right-of-

way of a Federal-aid highway.

Sec.  634.3  Rule.

    All workers within the right-of-way of a Federal-aid highway who 

are exposed either to traffic (vehicles using the highway for purposes 

of travel) or to construction equipment within the work area shall wear 

high-visibility safety apparel.

Sec.  634.4  Compliance date.

    States and other agencies shall comply with the provisions of this 

Part no later than November 24, 2008.

 [FR Doc. E6-19910 Filed 11-22-06; 8:45 am]

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