---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 241.13"
title: "49"
number: "241.13"
heading: "Prohibition against track owner's requiring or permitting use of its line for a railroad operation dispatched by an extraterritorial dispatcher; exceptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/241.13"
---

# §241.13. Prohibition against track owner's requiring or permitting use of its line for a railroad operation dispatched by an extraterritorial dispatcher; exceptions.

- (a) **General.** Except as provided in [§ 241.7](/cfr/49/241.7.md) and paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section, an owner of railroad track located in the United States shall not require or permit the track to be used for a railroad operation that is dispatched from outside the United States.
- (b) **Transitional period to continue existing extraterritorial dispatching.** An owner of a track segment located in the United States that is extraterritorially dispatched pursuant to the regulations contained in [49 CFR 241](/cfr/49/241.md), revised as of October 1, 2002, may require or permit the track segment to be continued to be used for a railroad operation that is extraterritorially dispatched until April 10, 2003, to permit the railroad an opportunity to file a waiver request pursuant to [§ 241.7](/cfr/49/241.7.md).
- (c) **Emergencies.** In an emergency situation, an owner of railroad track located in the United States may require or permit the track to be used for a railroad operation that is dispatched from outside the United States, provided that:
  - (1) The dispatching railroad notifies the Safety Management Team Railroad Administrator, in writing as soon as practicable, of the emergency; and
  - (2) **The extraterritorial dispatching is limited to the duration of the emergency.** Written notification may be made either on paper or by electronic mail.
- (d) **Liability.** The Administrator may hold either the track owner or the assignee under [§ 213.5(c)](/cfr/49/213.5.md?p=c) of this chapter (if any), or both, responsible for compliance with this section and subject to civil penalties under [§ 241.15](/cfr/49/241.15.md). A common carrier by railroad that is directed by the Surface Transportation Board to provide service over the track in the United States of another railroad under [49 U.S.C. 11123](/usc/49/11123.md) is considered the owner of that track for the purposes of the application of this section during the period that the directed service order remains in effect.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 75960, Dec. 10, 2002, as amended at 90 FR 28192, July 1, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 75960, Dec. 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 75960, Dec. 10, 2002, as amended at 90 FR 28192, July 1, 2025]