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Regulatory Compliance

Stucki’s Regulatory Compliance Group helps rail shippers, car owners, and service facilities meet evolving federal requirements and AAR standards through practical compliance consulting, program development, and ongoing support. Services span engineering support, quality assurance, and hands-on field expertise including car inspection, NDT and welding support, audits, and training to help reduce risk and improve operational consistency.

The team also supports critical documentation and communication needs, including procedure development and translation services, so organizations can stay aligned, inspection-ready, and confident in their compliance approach.

Vice President, Regulatory Compliance

Matthew Grove

What is the benefit?

Safety & Regulatory Compliance. Not only meeting the rules but understanding the requirements and their intent. This is accomplished through internal auditing, procedure writing, QA Program development, Training (both safety and regulatory), etc.

Customers utilizing car inspection have a better understanding of the condition of their fleet and more control of their asset management. Inspection of cars being taken on, or being released from lease, can address liability issues with the current condition of the car and responsible party based on lease contract wording. Inspection of new car manufacturing works much like an audit of people, processes, and materials to meet contractual obligations.

Unbiased, knowledgeable, and professional assessments of current practices, incident investigations, and process control.

Email Matthew.Grove@salcoproducts.com
Phone814-577-2841

Our Services

Looking for Professional and Specialized Services?

If you are looking for professional and specialized services, Stucki’s Regulatory Compliance Group delivers comprehensive support tailored to the rail industry’s complex regulatory landscape. From compliance guidance and engineering expertise to quality assurance, inspections, NDT and welding support, and multilingual communication services, our team provides the technical depth and practical insight needed to keep your operations efficient and audit ready.

Explore each service area below to see how we can strengthen your programs, reduce risk, and support long term performance.

  • Rail and shipping corporate compliance assessments (FRA/PHMSA with PSM integration).
  • Rail transportation consulting regulatory support.
  • Tank car qualification and maintenance plan work instructions (49CFR180.509)
  • Plant operator hazmat and railcar training (Examination before shipping: railcar, highway cargo tank, ISO containers, and closed container blocking and bracing).
  • Repair Shop single car air brake training.
  • Various shop function specific procedure development and training.
  • AutoCAD and SolidWorks design capabilities.
  • Design for ease of fabrication (lean manufacturing).
  • Quality improvemnet initiatives (Kaizen).
  • Failure analysis including corrosion, mechanical, in-service and in-plant litigation support and developement of corrective action to prevent recurrence.
  • Metallurgical and welding engineering support, including process and procedure developement and oversight of process implementation at the facility level.
  • Railcar design, modification and repair engineering.
  • Research, engineering and product development.
  • Reliability analysis of fleet maintenance data.
  • M-1002/M-1003 (technical/quality program) certification assistance.
  • AARB-3 and B-3A application support.
  • Audit or training.
  • Root-cause analysis training.
  • Internal facility and process audit.
  • Supply chain (vendor)
  • Railcar third-party inspection services.
  • Inspector and AAR field manual training.
  • FRA/OTMA management and root cause analysis.
  • Manufacture and repair facility car inspections covering inbound inspection, estimate generation, in-process inspection, final inspection, and customer acceptance
  • Pre-acquisition and lease return inspection.
  • JIC inspection representative.
  • Damage inspection on railroad property (with proper permission), storage facilities and customer property.
  • Inspection for failure analysis and failure prevention engineering services.
  • Evaluation of in-plant railcar damage.
  • AAR Field Manual Rule 82, AWSD 15.1 compliance, mobile on-site welder training, bend-testing and immediat qualification.
  • Welding program development and AWSCWI support.
  • Work with shop floor personnel during implementation of new processes, including post implementation surveillance and follow-up assistance.
  • Auditing and surveillance.
  • ASNT NDT Level III on-site services (training, written practice and procedure development.
  • AWSD 15.1, AAR Appendix W, ASME Section IX welding procedure development, and training and welder qualifications.
  • English and Spanish support services available.
  • Audits.
  • Procedure development.
  • Procedure translations.
  • Training.

Literature/Technical Resources

Learn more

Regulatory Compliance Group Member Qualifications Breakdown

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General Purpose Tank Car Offering

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HM216B Tank Car Qualification Components

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Plastic Pellet Hopper Car Offering

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412-424-0560
1385 101st Street Suite A
Lemont, IL 60439
United States