---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 674.5"
title: "49"
number: "674.5"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/674.5"
---

# §674.5. Policy.

- (a) In accordance with [49 U.S.C. 5329](/usc/49/5329.md), a State that has a rail fixed guideway public transportation system within the State has primary responsibility for overseeing the safety of that rail fixed guideway public transportation system. A State safety oversight agency must have the authority, resources, and qualified personnel to oversee the number, size, and complexity of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems that operate within a State.
- (b) FTA will certify whether a State safety oversight program meets the requirements of [49 U.S.C. 5329](/usc/49/5329.md) and is adequate to promote the purposes of the public transportation safety programs codified at [49 U.S.C. 5329](/usc/49/5329.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5329; 49 CFR 1.91.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 14256, Mar. 16, 2016, as amended at 89 FR 83981, Oct. 18, 2024, unless otherwise noted.