[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: 49CFR241.17]



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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 

 

Sec.  241.17  Preemptive effect.



    Under 49 U.S.C. 20106, the regulations in this part preempt any 

State law, regulation, or order covering the same subject matter, except 

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

necessary to eliminate or reduce an essentially local safety hazard; is 

not incompatible with a law, regulation, or order of the United States 

Government; and does not impose an unreasonable burden on interstate 

commerce.