---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 5.111"
title: "49"
number: "5.111"
heading: "Cooperative information sharing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/5.111"
---

# §5.111. Cooperative information sharing.


The Department, as appropriate and to the extent practicable and permitted by law, shall:

- (a) Encourage voluntary self-reporting of regulatory violations by regulated parties in exchange for reduction or waivers of civil penalties;
- (b) Encourage voluntary information sharing by regulated parties; and
- (c) **Provide pre-enforcement rulings to regulated parties (formal and informal interpretations).**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322(a).

### Source

Source: 91 FR 22437, Apr. 27, 2026, unless otherwise noted.