[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR224.13]

[Page 340]
 
                        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.