[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR379.5]

[Page 148]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 379_PRESERVATION OF RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  379.5  Protection and storage of records.

    (a) The company shall protect records subject to this part from 
fires, floods, and other hazards, and safeguard the records from 
unnecessary exposure to deterioration from excessive humidity, dryness, 
or lack of ventilation.
    (b) The company shall notify the Secretary if prescribed records are 
substantially destroyed or damaged before the term of the prescribed 
retention periods.