Title 49 — TransportationRelease 119-73

§10910 Effect on other statutes and authorities

Title 49 › Subtitle SUBTITLE IV— - INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION › Part PART A— - RAIL › Chapter CHAPTER 109— - LICENSING › § 10910

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Sections 10908 and 10909 do not take away a state's normal authority to require rail companies to obey state and local environmental, public health, and public safety rules, as long as those rules do not unreasonably burden trade between states and do not treat rail companies unfairly.

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Title 49, §10910

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Nothing in section 10908 or 10909 is intended to affect the traditional police powers of the State to require a rail carrier to comply with State and local environmental, public health, and public safety standards that are not unreasonably burdensome to interstate commerce and do not discriminate against rail carriers.

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Prior Provisions

For prior section 10910, see note set out under section 10907 of this title.

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Citation

49 U.S.C. § 10910

Title 49 — Transportation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73