[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: 49CFR831.5]

[Page 207-208]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 831--ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 831.5  Priority of Board investigations.

    Any investigation of an accident or incident conducted by the Safety 
Board directly or pursuant to the appendix to part 800 of this chapter 
(except major marine investigations conducted under 49 U.S.C. 
1131(a)(1)(E)) has priority over all other investigations of such 
accident or incident conducted by other Federal agencies. The Safety 
Board shall provide for the appropriate participation by other Federal 
agencies in any such investigation, except that such agencies may not 
participate in the Safety Board's determination of the probable cause of 
the accident or incident. Nothing in this section impairs the authority 
of other Federal agencies to conduct investigations of an accident or 
incident under applicable provisions of law or to obtain information 
directly from parties involved in, and witnesses to, the transportation 
accident or incident, provided they do so without interfering with the 
Safety Board's investigation. The Safety

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Board and other Federal agencies shall assure that appropriate 
information obtained or developed in the course of their investigations 
is exchanged in a timely manner.

[62 FR 3807, Jan. 27, 1997]