[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: 49CFR224.13]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 224_REFLECTORIZATION OF RAIL FREIGHT ROLLING STOCK--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  224.13  Preemptive effect.



    Under 49 U.S.C. 20106, issuance of this part preempts any State law, 

rule, regulation, or order covering the same subject matter, except an 

additional or more stringent law, rule, regulation, or order that is 

necessary to eliminate or reduce an essentially local safety hazard; 

that is not incompatible with a law, rule, regulation, or order of the 

United States Government; and that does not unreasonably burden 

interstate commerce.