[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR840.5]

[Page 198-199]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
           CHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 840_RULES PERTAINING TO NOTIFICATION OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  840.5  Inspection, examination and testing of physical evidence.

    (a) Any employee of the Safety Board, upon presenting appropriate 
credentials is authorized to enter any property wherein a transportation 
accident has occurred or wreckage from any such accident is located and 
do all things necessary for proper investigation, including examination 
or testing of any vehicle, rolling stock, track, or any part of any part 
of any such item when such examination or testing is determined to be 
required for purposes of such investigation.
    (b) Any examination or testing shall be conducted in such a manner 
so as not to interfere with or obstruct unnecessarily the transportation 
services provided by the owner or operator of such vehicle, rolling 
stock, or track, and shall be conducted in such a manner so as to 
preserve, to the maximum extent feasible, any evidence relating

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to the transportation accident, consistent with the needs of the 
investigation and with the cooperation of such owner or operator. The 
employee may inspect, at reasonable times, records, files, papers, 
processes, controls, and facilities relevant to the investigation of 
such accident. Each inspection shall be commenced and completed promptly 
and the results of such inspection, examination, or test made available 
to the parties.

[47 FR 49408, Nov. 1, 1982]