[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1220.1]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER X--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                               (Continued)
 
PART 1220_PRESERVATION OF RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1220.1  Records required to be retained.

    Companies subject to this part shall retain records for the minimum 
retention periods required by Sec. 1220.6, Schedule of records and 
periods of retention. After the required retention periods, the records 
may be destroyed at the discretion of each company's management. It 
shall be the obligation of the subject company to maintain records that 
adequately support financial and

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operational data required by the Board. The company may request a ruling 
from the Board on the retention of any record. The provisions of this 
part shall not be construed as excusing compliance with the lawful 
requirements of any other governmental body prescribing longer retention 
periods for any category of records.