---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 228.317"
title: "49"
number: "228.317"
heading: "Toilets."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/228.317"
---

# §228.317. Toilets.

- (a) **Number of toilets provided.** Each individual camp car that provides sleeping facilities must have one room with a functional toilet for a total of one or two occupants, and one additional room with a functional toilet if there are a total of three or four occupants.
- (b) **Construction of toilet rooms.** Each toilet room must occupy a separate compartment with a door that latches and have walls or partitions between fixtures sufficient to assure privacy.
- (c) **Supplies and sanitation.**
  - (1) An adequate supply of toilet paper must be provided in each toilet room, unless provided to the occupants individually.
  - (2) Each toilet must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and cleaned regularly when the camp car is being used. In the case of a non-water carriage toilet facility, it must be cleaned and changed regularly when the camp car is being used.
- (d) **Sewage disposal facilities.**
  - (1) All sanitary sewer lines and floor drains from a camp car toilet facility must be connected to a public sewer where available and practical, unless the car is equipped with a holding tank that is emptied in a sanitary manner.
  - (2) The sewage disposal method must not endanger the health of occupants.
  - (3) For toilet facilities connected to a holding tank, the tank must be constructed in a manner that prevents vermin from entry and odors from escaping into the camp car.

## 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.