---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 271.605"
title: "49"
number: "271.605"
heading: "General requirements; procedure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/271.605"
---

# §271.605. General requirements; procedure.

- (a) **Each railroad subject to this part shall—**
  - (1) Establish and implement an FRMP as part of its RRP; and
  - (2) Establish an FRA-approved FRMP plan as a component of a railroad's FRA-approved RRP plan and then update the FRMP plan as necessary as part of the annual internal assessment of its RRP under [§ 271.401](/cfr/49/271.401.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 [§ 271.301(b)](/cfr/49/271.301.md?p=b) for filing its RRP plan or July 13, 2023, whichever is later; and
  - (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 RRP plan in [§ 271.303](/cfr/49/271.303.md).
- (d) FRA shall review and approve or disapprove a railroad's FRMP plan under the process for reviewing RRP plans in [§ 271.301(d)](/cfr/49/271.301.md?p=d) and updates to the railroad's FRMP plan under the process for reviewing amendments to an RRP plan in [§ 271.303(c)](/cfr/49/271.303.md?p=c). FRA approval of a railroad's FRMP plan amends a railroad's RRP plan to include the FRMP plan as a component.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 35673, June 13, 2022, as amended at 90 FR 28200, July 1, 2025]

### Source

Source: 87 FR 35673, 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: 85 FR 9314, Feb. 18, 2020, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 35673, June 13, 2022, as amended at 90 FR 28200, July 1, 2025]