(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.     
      (b) The hazard management process must, at a minimum:      
        (1) define the rail transit agency's approach to hazard management and the implementation of an integrated system-wide hazard resolution process;       
        (2) specify the mechanisms used for the on-going identification of hazards;       
        (3) define the process used to evaluate identified hazards and prioritize them for elimination or control;       
        (4) identify the mechanism used to track through resolution the identified hazards;       
        (5) define minimum thresholds for the notification and reporting of hazards to the department; and       
        (6) specify the process used by the rail transit agency to provide on-going reporting of hazard resolution activities to the department.       
      (c) A rail transit agency shall report to the department each identified hazard within 24 hours of the time that the hazard is identified.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §7.84 adopted to be effective February 19, 2020, 45 TexReg 1041