49 CFR 228.3 - Application and responsibility for compliance.

Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Nov 18, 2024

View all text of Subpart A [§ 228.1 - § 228.6]

§ 228.3 - Application and responsibility for compliance.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, subparts B and D of this part apply to all railroads, all contractors for railroads, and all subcontractors for railroads. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, subparts C and E of this part apply only to all railroads.

(b) Subparts B through E of this part do not apply to:

(1) A railroad, a contractor for a railroad, or a subcontractor for a railroad that operates only on track inside an installation that is not part of the general railroad system of transportation (i.e., a plant railroad as defined in § 228.5);

(2) Tourist, scenic, historic, or excursion operations that are not part of the general railroad system of transportation as defined in § 228.5, except as provided in § 228.413(d)(2); or

(3) Rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.

[76 FR 67087, Oct. 31, 2011]

authority: 49 U.S.C. 103,20103,20107,21101; 49 U.S.C. 21301,21303,21304,21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89

source: 37 FR 12234, June 21, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 49 CFR 228.3