This part establishes standards and procedures for State participation in investigative and surveillance activities under the Federal railroad safety laws and regulations.

As used in this part:

(a) Administrator means the Federal Railroad Administrator or the Deputy Administrator or the delegate of either of them.

(b) Associate Administrator means the Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety and Chief Safety Officer.

(c) FRA means the Federal Railroad Administration.

(d) Federal railroad safety laws has the meaning assigned to that term by 49 CFR 209.3.

(e) Manufacturer means a person that manufactures, fabricates, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests containers which are represented, marked, certified, or sold for use in the bulk transportation of hazardous materials by railroad.

(f) Shipper means a person that offers a hazardous material for transportation or otherwise causes it to be transported.

Each State agency desiring to conduct investigative and surveillance activities must submit to the Associate Administrator for Safety, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, the documentation which contains the information prescribed by §§ 212.105 and 212.107.