---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 270.405"
title: "49"
number: "270.405"
heading: "General requirements; procedure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/270.405"
---

# §270.405. General requirements; procedure.

- (a) **Each railroad subject to this part shall—**
  - (1) Establish and implement an FRMP as part of its SSP; and
  - (2) Establish an FRA-approved FRMP plan as a component of a railroad's FRA-approved SSP plan and then update its FRMP plan as necessary as part of the annual internal assessment of its SSP under [§ 270.303](/cfr/49/270.303.md).
- (b) A railroad's FRMP plan must explain the railroad's method of analysis of fatigue risks and the railroad's process(es) for implementing its FRMP.
- (c)
  - (1) A railroad shall submit an FRMP plan for approval to the FRA Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety and Chief Safety Officer at FRAFatigue@dot.gov, no later than either the applicable timeline in [§ 270.201(a)](/cfr/49/270.201.md?p=a) for filing its SSP plan or July 13, 2023, whichever is later.
  - (2) A railroad shall submit updates to its FRMP plan to the FRA Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety and Chief Safety Officer at FRAFatigue@dot.gov, under the process for amending its SSP plan in [§ 270.201(c)](/cfr/49/270.201.md?p=c).
- (d) FRA shall review and approve or disapprove a railroad's FRMP plan and amendments to that plan under the process for reviewing SSP plans and amendments in § [270.201(b)](/cfr/49/270.201.md?p=b) and [(c)](/cfr/49/270.201.md?p=c), respectively. FRA approval of a railroad's FRMP plan amends a railroad's SSP plan to include the FRMP plan as a component.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 35671, June 13, 2022, as amended at 90 FR 28197, July 1, 2025]

### Source

Source: 87 FR 35671, June 13, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20106-20107, 20118-20119, 20156, 21301, 21304, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 53896, Aug. 12, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 35671, June 13, 2022, as amended at 90 FR 28197, July 1, 2025]