[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: 49CFR239.1]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 239_PASSENGER TRAIN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 239.1  Purpose and scope.









                            Subpart A_General



Sec.

239.1 Purpose and scope.

239.3 Application.

239.5 Preemptive effect.

239.7 Definitions.

239.9 Responsibility for compliance.

239.11 Penalties.

239.13 Waivers.

239.15 Information collection.



                     Subpart B_Specific Requirements



239.101 Emergency preparedness plan.

239.103 Passenger train emergency simulations.

239.105 Debriefing and critique.

239.107 Emergency exits.



  Subpart C_Review, Approval, and Retention of Emergency Preparedness 

                                  Plans



239.201 Emergency preparedness plan; filing and approval.

239.203 Retention of emergency preparedness plan.



  Subpart D_Operational (Efficiency) Tests; Inspection of Records and 

                              Recordkeeping



239.301 Operational (efficiency) tests.

239.303 Electronic recordkeeping.



Appendix A to Part 239--Schedule of Civil Penalties



    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20105-20114, 20133, 21301, 21304, 

and 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.49(c), (g), (m).



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    Source: 63 FR 24676, May 4, 1998, unless otherwise noted.







    (a) The purpose of this part is to reduce the magnitude and severity 

of casualties in railroad operations by ensuring that railroads involved 

in passenger train operations can effectively and efficiently manage 

passenger train emergencies.

    (b) This part prescribes minimum Federal safety standards for the 

preparation, adoption, and implementation of emergency preparedness 

plans by railroads connected with the operation of passenger trains, and 

requires each affected railroad to instruct its employees on the 

provisions of its plan. This part does not restrict railroads from 

adopting and enforcing additional or more stringent requirements not 

inconsistent with this part.