OAR 741-060-0072
Corrective Action Plan (CAP) Requirements

(1) Each RTA that operates a RFGPTS shall prepare a CAP as required by this rule.
(2) Each RTA must develop a CAP for the following:
(a) Causal and contributing factors identified during an investigation that are determined by the RTA or SSOA to require corrective action(s); or
(b) Hazards or deficiencies identified through internal or external safety and security audits, observations or reviews, accidents, incidents, occurrences, or through the hazard management process.
(3) The CAP must describe, specifically, the actions the RTA will take to minimize, control, correct, or eliminate the risks and hazards identified by the CAP, the schedule for taking those actions, and the individuals or departments responsible for taking those actions.
(4)(a) The RTA shall submit the corrective action plan to the SSOA for review and approval as soon as the need and corrective action have been identified, or within 30 days of a corrective action being required by SSOA, but before the corrective action has been carried out, except in cases where immediate or emergency corrective actions must be taken to ensure immediate safety.
(b) In cases where immediate or emergency corrective actions must be taken to ensure immediate safety, the RTA shall make timely notification to the SSOA of the need for the CAP, and thereafter submit the CAP to the SSOA for review and approval as soon as practicable.
(5) The SSOA will review the plan and issue written notice approving it, approving it with conditions, or rejecting it, as soon as practicable after receipt of the plan. The SSOA may provide verbal approval in certain circumstances, at the SSOA’s discretion, but all decisions will be formalized by written notice.
(6) If the SSOA approves the RTA’s CAP with conditions, or rejects it, the RTA shall have 30 days from the date the SSOA issued such notice to request that the SSOA reconsider its decision or to submit a new plan for approval.
(7) The SSOA may monitor the RTA’s progress in carrying out the CAP through unannounced, on-site inspections, or by any other means the SSOA deems necessary or appropriate.
(8) The RTA shall submit verification that the corrective actions within the approved CAP have been implemented.
(9) The SSOA shall verify implementation and approve closure of the corrective action before the RTA may consider the action closed.
(10) Each RTA shall maintain a corrective action monitoring log and provide the SSOA monthly status reports regarding individual corrective action plans and a monthly update to its corrective action monitoring log.
(11) In any instance in which a safety event on the RTA’s RFGPTS is the subject of an investigation by the FTA or NTSB, the SSOA will evaluate whether the findings or recommendations by the FTA or NTSB require a CAP by the RTA, and if so, the SSOA will order the RTA to develop and carry out a CAP, as above. In the event the FTA orders the RTA to develop a CAP, that CAP shall be developed and carried out as above.

Source: Rule 741-060-0072 — Corrective Action Plan (CAP) Requirements, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=741-060-0072.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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