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§ 397.69 Highway routing designations; preemption.

Current wording, in the annual edition revised as of Oct. 1, 2015.

eCFR as of December 31, 2024 ↗
49 CFR § 397.69 — Highway routing designations; preemption.. Text in force on December 31, 2024. This wording effective October 1, 2015 to present. Source: eCFR as of December 31, 2024, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2024-12-31/title-49/section-397.69. Retrieved from FMCSR.com, https://fmcsr.com/reg/397.69?asof=2024-12-31, on October 26, 2026. Unofficial compilation; verify against the official source.

(a) Any State or Indian tribe that establishes or modifies a highway routing designation over which NRHM may or may not be transported on or after November 14, 1994, and maintains or enforces such designation, shall comply with the highway routing standards set forth in § 397.71 of this subpart. For purposes of this subpart, any highway routing designation affecting the highway transportation of NRHM, made by a political subdivision of a State is considered as one made by that State, and all requirements of this subpart apply.

(b) Except as provided in §§ 397.75 and 397.219, an NRHM route designation made in violation of paragraph (a) of this section is preempted pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5125(c).

(c) A highway routing designation established by a State, political subdivision, or Indian tribe before November 14, 1994 is subject to preemption in accordance with the preemption standards in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of § 397.203.

(d) A State, political subdivision, or Indian tribe may petition for a waiver of preemption in accordance with § 397.213 of this part.

[59 FR 51830, Oct. 12, 1994, as amended at 78 FR 58485, Sept. 24, 2013; 79 FR 59457, Oct. 2, 2014]

Amendment history

3 distinct wordings on file since Oct. 1, 1996
  1. Oct. 1, 2015 → presentannual editions 2015–2016diff vs. previousviewing
    [59 FR 51830, Oct. 12, 1994, as amended at 78 FR 58485, Sept. 24, 2013; 79 FR 59457, Oct. 2, 2014]
  2. Oct. 1, 2013 → Oct. 1, 2015annual editions 2013–2014diff vs. previous
    [59 FR 51830, Oct. 12, 1994, as amended at 78 FR 58485, Sept. 24, 2013]
  3. Oct. 1, 1996 → Oct. 1, 2013annual editions 1996–2012

A new entry appears whenever the regulatory words change between government snapshots. Day-precise from the eCFR (2017 onward); before that, one snapshot per annual CFR edition (revised as of October 1). Bracketed citations are the Federal Register history printed with the section.