---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 198.57"
title: "49"
number: "198.57"
heading: "What is the process PHMSA will use to notify a State that its damage prevention enforcement program appears to be inadequate?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/198.57"
---

# §198.57. What is the process PHMSA will use to notify a State that its damage prevention enforcement program appears to be inadequate?


PHMSA will issue a notice of inadequacy to the State in accordance with [49 CFR 190.5](/cfr/49/190.5.md). The notice will state the basis for PHMSA's determination that the State's damage prevention enforcement program appears inadequate for purposes of this subpart and set forth the State's response options.


## 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.