---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 228.303"
title: "49"
number: "228.303"
heading: "Application and responsibility for compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/228.303"
---

# §228.303. Application and responsibility for compliance.

- (a) This subpart applies to all railroads except the following:
  - (1) Railroads that operate only on track inside an installation that is not part of the general railroad system of transportation (i.e., plant railroads, as defined in [§ 228.5](/cfr/49/228.5.md));
  - (2) Tourist, scenic, historic, or excursion operations that are not part of the general railroad system of transportation as defined in [§ 228.5](/cfr/49/228.5.md); or
  - (3) Rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected to the general railroad system of transportation.
- (b) Although the duties imposed by this subpart are generally stated in terms of the duty of a railroad, each person, including a contractor or subcontractor for a railroad, who performs any task or provides camp cars covered by this subpart, shall do so in accordance with this subpart.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 76 FR 67088, Oct. 31, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 103, 20103, 20107, 21101-21109; 49 U.S.C. 21301, 21303, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 37 FR 12234, June 21, 1972, unless otherwise noted.