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Title: Establishing a Second Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
Category: Transportation & Infrastructure
Federal Register Doc. No.: 2026-01061
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Justification

The peer reviewer raises a valid point: the primary subject matter of this order is the Long Island Rail Road, a specific rail transportation system, and the order's core mechanism is preventing disruption to railroad operations through a federally mandated dispute resolution process under the Railway Labor Act. The Department of Transportation is explicitly designated to bear publication costs, further anchoring the order within the transportation domain. While the labor dispute and economic stability dimensions are real, they are instrumental to the primary goal of maintaining functioning railroad infrastructure and service. The order's most direct and specific focus is on a named transportation carrier and its operational continuity.

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