---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1580.1"
title: "49"
number: "1580.1"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1580.1"
---

# §1580.1. Scope.

- (a) Except as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, this part includes requirements for the following persons. Specific sections in this part provide detailed requirements.
  - (1) Each freight railroad carrier that operates rolling equipment on track that is part of the general railroad system of transportation.
  - (2) **Each rail hazardous materials shipper.**
  - (3) **Each rail hazardous materials receiver located within an HTUA.**
  - (4) Each freight railroad carrier serving as a host railroad to a freight railroad operation described in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section or a passenger operation described in [§ 1582.1](/cfr/49/1582.1.md) of this subchapter.
  - (5) Each owner/operator of private rail cars, including business/office cars and circus trains, on or connected to the general railroad system of transportation.
- (b) This part does not apply to a freight railroad carrier that operates rolling equipment only on track inside an installation that is not part of the general railroad system of transportation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 114; Pub. L. 110-53 (121 Stat. 266, Aug. 3, 2007) secs. 1501 (6 U.S.C. 1151), 1512 (6 U.S.C. 1162) and 1517 (6 U.S.C. 1167).

### Source

Source: 85 FR 16506, Mar. 23, 2020, unless otherwise noted.