49 CFR § 224.9 - Responsibility for compliance.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s224.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 224.9 - Responsibility for compliance."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "224.9"
section_name: "Responsibility for compliance."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "224"
part_name: "REFLECTORIZATION OF RAIL FREIGHT ROLLING STOCK"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20148 and 21301; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 62176, Oct. 28, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "224"
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# 224.9 Responsibility for compliance.
(a) Freight rolling stock owners, railroads, and (with respect to certification of material) manufacturers of retroreflective material, are primarily responsible for compliance with this part. However, any person that performs any function or task required by this part (including any employee, agent, or contractor of the aforementioned), must perform that function in accordance with this part.
(b) Any person performing any function or task required by this part shall be deemed to have consented to FRA inspection of the person's facilities and records to the extent necessary to determine whether the function or task is being performed in accordance with the requirements of this part.