[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR241.1]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 241_UNITED STATES LOCATIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR DISPATCHING OF UNITED 
STATES RAIL OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 241.1  Purpose and scope.




Sec.
241.1 Purpose and scope.
241.3 Application and responsibility for compliance.
241.5 Definitions.
241.7 Waivers.
241.9 Prohibition against extraterritorial dispatching; exceptions.
241.11 Prohibition against conducting a railroad operation dispatched by 
          an extraterritorial dispatcher; exceptions.
241.13 Prohibition against track owner's requiring or permitting use of 
          its line for a railroad operation dispatched by an 
          extraterritorial dispatcher; exceptions.
241.15 Penalties and other consequences for noncompliance.
241.17 Preemptive effect.
241.19 Information collection.

Appendix A to Part 241--List of Lines Being Extraterritorially 
          Dispatched in Accordance With the Regulations Contained in 49 
          CFR Part 241, Revised as of October 1, 2002
Appendix B to Part 241--Schedule of Civil Penalties
Appendix C to Part 241--Geographical Boundaries of FRA's Regions and 
          Addresses of FRA's Regional Headquarters

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 
2461, note; 49 CFR 1.49.

    Source: 67 FR 75960, Dec. 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The purpose of this part is to prevent railroad accidents and 
incidents, and consequent injuries, deaths, and

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property damage, that would result from improper dispatching of railroad 
operations in the United States by individuals located outside of the 
United States.
    (b) This part prohibits extraterritorial dispatching of railroad 
operations, conducting railroad operations that are extraterritorially 
dispatched, and allowing track to be used for such operations, subject 
to certain stated exceptions. This part does not restrict a railroad 
from adopting and enforcing additional or more stringent requirements 
not inconsistent with this part.