[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: 49CFR214.5]



[Page 144]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 214_RAILROAD WORKPLACE SAFETY--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 214.5  Responsibility for compliance.



    Any person (an entity of any type covered under 1 U.S.C. 1, 

including but not limited to the following: a railroad; a manager, 

supervisor, official, or other employee or agent of a railroad; any 

owner, manufacturer, lessor, or lessee of railroad equipment, track, or 

facilities; any independent contractor providing goods or services to a 

railroad; and any employee of such owner, manufacturer, lessor, lessee, 

or independent contractor) who violates any requirement of this part or 

causes the violation of any such requirement is subject to a civil 

penalty of at least $550 and not more than $11,000 per violation, except 

that penalties may be assessed against individuals only for willful 

violations, and where a grossly negligent violation or a pattern of 

repeated violations has created an imminent hazard of death or injury, 

or has caused death or injury, a penalty not to exceed $27,000 per 

violation may be assessed. See appendix A to this part for a statement 

of agency civil penalty policy.



[57 FR 28127, June 24, 1992, as amended at 63 FR 11620, Mar. 10, 1998; 

69 FR 30593, May 28, 2004]