---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 198.51"
title: "49"
number: "198.51"
heading: "What is the purpose and scope of this subpart?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/198.51"
---

# §198.51. What is the purpose and scope of this subpart?


This subpart establishes standards for effective State damage prevention enforcement programs and prescribes the administrative procedures available to a State that elects to contest a notice of inadequacy.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 80 FR 43868, July 23, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.; 49 CFR 1.97.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 38691, Sept. 20, 1990, unless otherwise noted.