[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: 49CFR220.2]



[Page 249]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 220_RAILROAD COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 220.2  Preemptive effect.



    Under 49 U.S.C. 20106 (formerly section 205 of the Federal Railroad 

Safety Act of 1970, 45 U.S.C. 434), issuance of the regulations in this 

part preempts any State law, rule, regulation, order, or standard 

covering the same subject matter, except a provision necessary to 

eliminate or reduce an essentially local safety hazard that is not 

incompatible with this part and that does not unreasonably burden 

interstate commerce.