49 CFR § 212.3 - Definitions.

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title: "49 CFR § 212.3 - Definitions."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "212.3"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "212"
part_name: "STATE SAFETY PARTICIPATION REGULATIONS"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 20103, 20105, 20106, and 20113, and 49 CFR 1.89."
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# 212.3 Definitions.

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 Railroad Safety and Chief Safety Officer.

(c) *FRA* means the Federal Railroad Administration.

(d) *Federal railroad safety laws* has the meaning assigned to that term by 49 CFR 209.3.

(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.

[47 FR 41051, Sept. 16, 1982, as amended at 57 FR 28115, June 24, 1992; 90 FR 28132, July 1, 2025]