[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR840.1]

[Page 195]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
           CHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 840_RULES PERTAINING TO NOTIFICATION OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 840.1  Applicability.




Sec.
840.1 Applicability.
840.2 Definitions.
840.3 Notification of railroad accidents.
840.4 Information to be given in notification.
840.5 Inspection, examination and testing of physical evidence.
840.6 Priority of Board investigations.

    Authority: Sec. 304(a)(1)(c), Independent Safety Board Act of 1974, 
as amended (49 U.S.C. 1903).


    This part contains the Safety Board's accident notification 
requirements, and its authority for inspection, examination, and testing 
of physical evidence, and describes the exercise of the Safety Board's 
priority accorded to its activities when investigating railroad 
accidents.

[47 FR 49408, Nov. 1, 1982]