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Title 49—TRANSPORTATION > SUBTITLE V—RAIL PROGRAMS > PART A—SAFETY > CHAPTER 201—GENERAL > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL

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If, through testing, inspection, investigation, or research carried out under this chapter, the Secretary of Transportation decides that an unsafe condition or practice, or a combination of unsafe conditions and practices, causes an emergency situation involving a hazard of death, personal injury, or significant harm to the environment, the Secretary immediately may order restrictions and prohibitions, without regard to section 20103(e) of this title , that may be necessary to abate the situation.

( Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e) , July 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 864 ; Pub. L. 110–432, div. A, title III, § 304 , Oct. 16, 2008 , 122 Stat. 4879 .)

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