[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: 49CFR230.7]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 230_STEAM LOCOMOTIVE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS--Table 

of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 230.7  Responsibility for compliance.



    (a) The locomotive owner and/or operator is directly responsible for 

ensuring that all requirements of this part are satisfied, and is the 

entity primarily responsible for compliance with this part.

    (b) Although the duties imposed by this part are generally stated in 

terms of the duties of a railroad or a steam locomotive owner and/or 

operator, any person, including a contractor for a railroad, who 

performs any function covered by this part must perform that function in 

accordance with this part.

    (c) Chapter 207 of Title 49 of the United States Codes makes it 

unlawful for any railroad to use or permit to be used on its line any 

steam locomotive or tender unless the entire steam locomotive or tender 

and its parts and appurtenances are in proper condition and safe to 

operate in the service to which they are put, without unnecessary danger 

of personal injury and have been inspected and tested as required by 

this part.