---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 212.3"
title: "49"
number: "212.3"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/212.3"
---

# §212.3. Definitions.


As used in this part:

- (a) Administrator means the Federal Railroad Administrator or the Deputy Administrator or the delegate of either of them.
- (b) Associate Administrator means the Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety and Chief Safety Officer.
- (c) FRA means the Federal Railroad Administration.
- (d) **Federal railroad safety laws—** has the meaning assigned to that term by [49 CFR 209.3](/cfr/49/209.3.md).
- (e) Manufacturer means a person that manufactures, fabricates, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests containers which are represented, marked, certified, or sold for use in the bulk transportation of hazardous materials by railroad.
- (f) Shipper means a person that offers a hazardous material for transportation or otherwise causes it to be transported.

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 41051, Sept. 16, 1982, as amended at 57 FR 28115, June 24, 1992; 90 FR 28132, July 1, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20105, 20106, and 20113, and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 41051, Sept. 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[47 FR 41051, Sept. 16, 1982, as amended at 57 FR 28115, June 24, 1992; 90 FR 28132, July 1, 2025]