[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR212.3]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 212_STATE SAFETY PARTICIPATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 212.3  Definitions.



    As used in this part:

    (a) Administrator means the Federal Railroad Administrator or the 

Deputy Administrator or the delegate of either of them.

    (b) Associate Administrator means the Associate Administrator for 

Safety, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), or the Deputy Associate 

Administrator for Safety, FRA.

    (c) FRA means the Federal Railroad Administration.

    (d) Federal railroad safety laws means the following enactments, 

together with regulations and orders issued under their authority:

    (1) The Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, as amended (45 U.S.C. 

421, 431-441);

    (2) The Safety Appliance Acts, as amended (45 U.S.C. 1-16);

    (3) The Locomotive Inspection Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 22-34);

    (4) The Signal Inspection Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. 26);

    (5) The Accident Reports Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 38-42);

    (6) The Hours of Service Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 61-64(b); and

    (7) The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 app. U.S.C. 1801 

et seq.), as it pertains to shipment or transportation by railroad.

    (e) Manufacturer means a person that manufactures, fabricates, 

marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests containers which are 

represented, marked, certified, or sold for use in the bulk 

transportation of hazardous materials by railroad.

    (f) Shipper means a person that offers a hazardous material for 

transportation or otherwise causes it to be transported.

    (g) Planned compliance inspections means investigative and 

surveillance activities described in the annual work plan required by 

Sec. 212.109 of this part that provide basic surveillance of railroad 

facilities, equipment and/or operations for the purpose of determining 

the level of compliance with relevant Federal safety requirements.



[47 FR 41051, Sept. 16, 1982, as amended at 57 FR 28115, June 24, 1992]



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