[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR209.1]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 209_RAILROAD SAFETY ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  209.1  Purpose.





    Appendix A to this part contains a statement of agency policy 

concerning enforcement of those laws. This part describes certain 

procedures employed by the Federal Railroad Administration in its 

enforcement of statutes and regulations related to railroad safety. By 

delegation from the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator has 

responsibility for:

    (a) Enforcement of subchapters B and C of chapter I, subtitle B, 

title 49, CFR, with respect to the transportation or shipment of 

hazardous materials by railroad (49 CFR 1.49(s));

    (b) Exercise of the authority vested in the Secretary by the Federal 

Railroad Safety Act of 1970, 45 U.S.C. 421, 431-441, as amended by the 

Rail Safety Improvement Act of 1988, Public Law 100-342 (June 22, 1988) 

(49 CFR 1.49(m)); and

    (c) Exercise of the authority vested in the Secretary pertaining to 

railroad safety as set forth in the statutes transferred to the 

Secretary by section 6(e) of the Department of Transportation Act, 49 

App. U.S.C. 1655(e) (49 CFR 1.49 (c), (d), (f), and (g)).



[42 FR 56742, Oct. 28, 1977, as amended at 53 FR 52920, Dec. 29, 1988; 

54 FR 42905, Oct. 18, 1989]