49 CFR § 222.38 - Can a quiet zone be created in the Chicago Region?

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title: "49 CFR § 222.38 - Can a quiet zone be created in the Chicago Region?"
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "222.38"
section_name: "Can a quiet zone be created in the Chicago Region?"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "222"
part_name: "USE OF LOCOMOTIVE HORNS AT PUBLIC HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSINGS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20153, 21301, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 47634, Aug. 17, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 222.38 Can a quiet zone be created in the Chicago Region?

Public authorities that are eligible to establish quiet zones under this part may create New Quiet Zones or New Partial Quiet Zones in the Chicago Region, provided the New Quiet Zone or New Partial Quiet Zone does not include any highway-rail grade crossing described in § 222.3(c) of this part.