[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: 49CFR241.1]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 241_UNITED STATES LOCATIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR DISPATCHING OF UNITED 

STATES RAIL OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 241.1  Purpose and scope.









Sec.

241.1 Purpose and scope.

241.3 Application and responsibility for compliance.

241.5 Definitions.

241.7 Waivers.

241.9 Prohibition against extraterritorial dispatching; exceptions.

241.11 Prohibition against conducting a railroad operation dispatched by 

          an extraterritorial dispatcher; exceptions.

241.13 Prohibition against track owner's requiring or permitting use of 

          its line for a railroad operation dispatched by an 

          extraterritorial dispatcher; exceptions.

241.15 Penalties and other consequences for noncompliance.

241.17 Preemptive effect.

241.19 Information collection.



Appendix A to Part 241--List of Lines Being Extraterritorially 

          Dispatched in Accordance With the Regulations Contained in 49 

          CFR Part 241, Revised as of October 1, 2002

Appendix B to Part 241--Schedule of Civil Penalties

Appendix C to Part 241--Geographical Boundaries of FRA's Regions and 

          Addresses of FRA's Regional Headquarters



    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 

2461, note; 49 CFR 1.49.



    Source: 67 FR 75960, Dec. 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) The purpose of this part is to prevent railroad accidents and 

incidents, and consequent injuries, deaths, and



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property damage, that would result from improper dispatching of railroad 

operations in the United States by individuals located outside of the 

United States.

    (b) This part prohibits extraterritorial dispatching of railroad 

operations, conducting railroad operations that are extraterritorially 

dispatched, and allowing track to be used for such operations, subject 

to certain stated exceptions. This part does not restrict a railroad 

from adopting and enforcing additional or more stringent requirements 

not inconsistent with this part.