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Exhibit "C" Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment (§222.43(e)) 1.0 Timing a. The Notice of Establishment of a Quiet Zone shall provide the date upon which routine locomotive horn use at highway-rail grade crossings shall cease, but in no event shall the date be earlier than 21 days after the date of mailing. b. If the public authority was required to provide a Notice of Intent, in accordance with paragraph §222.43(a)(1), the Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment shall not be mailed less than 60 days after the date on which the Notice of Intent was mailed, unless the Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment contains a written statement affirming that written comments and/or "no comments" statements have been received from each railroads operating over the public highway-rail grade crossing within quiet zone, State agency responsible for grade crossing safety, and the State agency responsible for highway and road safety in accordance with §222.43(b)(2)(ii). 2.0 Required Contents a. A list of each public highway-rail grade crossing, private highway-rail grade crossing, and pedestrian crossing within the quiet zone, identified by both the U.S. National Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Inventory Number, and by street or highway name. b. A specific reference to the regulatory .provision that provides the basis for quiet zone establishment, citing as appropriate: For New Quiet Zones or New Partial Quiet Zones • §222.39(a)(1), implementation of SSMs at every public crossing in the New Quiet Zone or New Partial Quiet Zone; • §222.39(a)(2)(i), the QZRI is at or below the NSRT without installation of any SSMs at the new Quiet Zone or New Partial Quiet Zone; • §222.39(a)(2)(ii), SSMs were implemented as some crossings in the New Quiet Zone or New Partial Quiet Zone to bring the QZRI to a level below the NSRT; • §222.39(a)(3), SSMs were implemented as some crossings in the New Quiet Zone or New Partial Quiet Zone to bring the QZRI to a level at or below the RIWH; or • §222.39(b) public authority application to the FRA for a New Quiet Zone or New Partial Quiet Zone. c. If a diagnostic team is required under §222.25 (private crossings} or §222.27 (pedestrian crossings), the Notice shall include a statement affirming that the State agency responsible for grade crossing safety and all affected railroads were provided an opportunity to participate in the diagnostic team review. The notice must also include a list of recommendations made by the diagnostic team. d. A statement of the time period within which restriction on the routine sounding of the locomotive hom will be imposed. (i.e., 24-hours or from 10 p.m. until ? a.m.). SCRRA Page S 4/21/06 25B-40