[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: 49CFR840.6]

[Page 217]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 840--RULES PERTAINING TO NOTIFICATION OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS--Table of 
Contents
 
Sec. 840.6  Priority of Board investigations.

    Any investigation of an accident conducted by the Safety Board shall 
have priority over all other investigations of such accident 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. 
Nothing in this section impairs the authority of other Federal agencies 
to conduct investigations of an accident under applicable provisions of 
law or to obtain information directly from parties involved in, and 
witnesses to, the transportation accident. The Safety 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.

[47 FR 49408, Nov. 1, 1982]