[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR831.13]

[Page 210]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 831--ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 831.13  Flow and dissemination of accident or incident information.

    (a) Release of information during the field investigation, 
particularly at the accident scene, shall be limited to factual 
developments, and shall be made only through the Board Member present at 
the accident scene, the representative of the Board's Office of Public 
Affairs, or the investigator-in-charge.
    (b) All information concerning the accident or incident obtained by 
any person or organization participating in the investigation shall be 
passed to the IIC through appropriate channels before being provided to 
any individual outside the investigation. Parties to the investigation 
may relay to their respective organizations information necessary for 
purposes of prevention or remedial action. However, no information 
concerning the accident or incident may be released to any person not a 
party representative to the investigation (including non-party 
representative employees of the party organization) before initial 
release by the Safety Board without prior consultation and approval of 
the IIC.

[53 FR 15847, May 4, 1988, as amended at 62 FR 3808, Jan. 27, 1997]