As used in this part:
- (a) Administrator means the Federal Railroad Administrator or the Deputy Administrator or the delegate of either of them.
- (b) Associate Administrator means the Associate Administrator for Safety, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), or the Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety, FRA.
- (c) FRA means the Federal Railroad Administration.
(d) Federal railroad safety laws means the following enactments, together with regulations and orders issued under their authority:
- (1) The Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, as amended (45 U.S.C. 421, 431-441);
- (2) The Safety Appliance Acts, as amended (45 U.S.C. 1-16);
- (3) The Locomotive Inspection Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 22-34);
- (4) The Signal Inspection Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. 26);
- (5) The Accident Reports Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 38-42);
- (6) The Hours of Service Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 61-64(b); and
- (7) The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 app. U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as it pertains to shipment or transportation by railroad.
- (e) Manufacturer means a person that manufactures, fabricates, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests containers which are represented, marked, certified, or sold for use in the bulk transportation of hazardous materials by railroad.
- (f) Shipper means a person that offers a hazardous material for transportation or otherwise causes it to be transported.
- (g) Planned compliance inspections means investigative and surveillance activities described in the annual work plan required by § 212.109 of this part that provide basic surveillance of railroad facilities, equipment and/or operations for the purpose of determining the level of compliance with relevant Federal safety requirements.
[47 FR 41051, Sept. 16, 1982, as amended at 57 FR 28115, June 24, 1992]