Office of the Secretary of Transportation § 71.4 PART 71—STANDARD TIME ZONE (c) The time zones established by the BOUNDARIES Standard Time Zone Act, as amended by the Uniform Time Act of 1966, are Atlantic, eastern, central, mountain, Sec. 71.1 Limits defined; exceptions authorized Pacific, Alaska, Hawaii-Aleutian, for certain rail operating purposes only. Samoa, and Chamorro. 71.2 Annual advancement of standard time. [Amdt. 71–11, 35 FR 12318, Aug. 1, 1970, as 71.3 Atlantic zone. amended by Amdt. 71–21, 52 FR 41631, Nov. 18, 71.4 Eastern zone. 1986; 78 FR 15884, Mar. 13, 2013] 71.5 Boundary line between eastern and cen- tral zones. § 71.2 Annual advancement of stand- 71.6 Central zone. ard time. 71.7 Boundary line between central and (a) The Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 mountain zones. U.S.C. 260a(a)), as amended, requires 71.8 Mountain zone. that the standard time of each State 71.9 Boundary line between mountain and observing Daylight Saving Time shall Pacific zones. 71.10 Pacific zone. be advanced 1 hour beginning at 2 a.m. 71.11 Alaska zone. on the second Sunday in March of each 71.12 Hawaii-Aleutian zone. year and ending at 2 a.m. on the first 71.13 Samoa zone. Sunday in November. This advanced 71.14 Chamorro Zone. time shall be the standard time of each zone during such period. The Act au- AUTHORITY: Secs. 1–4, 40 Stat. 450, as thorizes any State to exempt itself amended; sec. 1, 41 Stat. 1446, as amended; secs. 2–7, 80 Stat. 107, as amended; 100 Stat. from this requirement. States in two or 764; Act of Mar. 19, 1918, as amended by the more time zones may exempt either Uniform Time Act of 1966 and Pub. L. 97–449, the entire State or may exempt the en- 15 U.S.C. 260–267; Pub. L. 99–359; Pub. L. 106– tire area of the State lying within ei- 564, 15 U.S.C. 263, 114 Stat. 2811; 49 CFR ther time zone. 1.59(a), unless otherwise noted. (b) Section 3(b) of the Uniform Time SOURCE: Amdt. 71–11, 35 FR 12318, Aug. 1, Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(b)) provides 1970, unless otherwise noted. that ‘‘it is the express intent of Con- gress***to supersede any and all § 71.1 Limits defined; exceptions au- laws of the States or political subdivi- thorized for certain rail operating sions thereof insofar as they may now purposes only. or hereafter provide for advances in (a) This part prescribes the geo- time or changeover dates different graphic limits of each of the nine from those specified in [section 3(a) of standard time zones established by sec- that Act]’’, which are those specified in tion 1 of the Standard Time Act, as paragraph (a) of this section. amended by section 4 of the Uniform [Amdt. 71–11, 35 FR 12318, Aug. 1, 1970, as Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 261). The amended by Amdt. 71–21, 52 FR 41631, Nov. 18, Uniform Time Act also contains lists of 1986; 78 FR 15885, Mar. 13, 2013] operating exceptions granted for speci- fied rail carriers, whose operations § 71.3 Atlantic zone. cross the time zone boundaries pre- The first zone, the Atlantic standard scribed by this part. (15 U.S.C. 265). time zone, includes that part of the (b) Any rail carrier whose operations United States that is between 52°30″ W. cross a time zone boundary prescribed longitude and 67°30″ W. longitude and by this part may apply for an operating that part of the Commonwealth of exception to the General Counsel, De- Puerto Rico that is west of 67°30″ W. partment of Transportation, Wash- longitude, but does not include any ington, DC 20590. However, each rail part of the State of Maine. carrier for which an operating excep- tion is granted shall, in its advertise- § 71.4 Eastern zone. ments, time cards, station bulletin The second zone, the eastern stand- boards, and other publications, show ard time zone, includes that part of the arrival and departure times in terms of United States that is west of 67°30″ W. the standard time for the place con- longitude and east of the boundary line cerned. described in § 71.5, and includes all of 717 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:28 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 250226 PO 00000 Frm 00727 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\49\49V1.TXT PC31 kpayne on VMOFRWIN702 with $$_JOB § 71.5 49 CFR Subtitle A (10–1–20 Edition) the State of Maine, but does not in- along the north line of Pulaski County clude any part of the Commonwealth of to the east line of Jasper County; Puerto Rico. thence south along the east line of Jas- per County to the south line of Jasper § 71.5 Boundary line between eastern County; thence west along the south and central zones. lines of Jasper and Newton Counties to (a) Minnesota-Michigan-Wisconsin. the western boundary of the State of From the junction of the western Indiana; thence south along the west- boundary of the State of Michigan with ern boundary of the State of Indiana to the boundary between the United the north line of Gibson County; States and Canada northerly and eas- thence easterly and northerly along terly along the west line of Gogebic the north line of Gibson County to the County to the west line of Ontonagon west line of Pike County; thence south County; thence south along the west along the west line of Pike County to line of Ontonagon County to the north the north line of Warrick County; line of Gogebic County; thence south- thence east along the north line of erly and easterly along the north line Warrick and Spencer Counties to the of Gogebic County to the west line of west line of Perry County; thence eas- Iron County; thence north along the terly and southerly along the north west line of Iron County to the north and east line of Perry County to the In- line of Iron County; thence east along diana-Kentucky boundary. the north line of Iron County to the (c) Kentucky. From the junction of east line of Iron County; thence south the east line of Perry County, Ind., along the east line of Iron County to with the Indiana-Kentucky boundary the north line of Dickinson County; easterly along that boundary to the thence east along the north line of west line of Meade County, Ky.; thence Dickinson County to the east line of southeasterly and southwesterly along Dickinson County; thence south along the west lines of Meade and Hardin the east line of Dickinson County to Counties to the southwest corner of the north line of Menominee County; Hardin County; thence along the south thence east along the north line of Me- lines of Hardin and Larue Counties to nominee County to the east line of Me- the northwest corner of Taylor County; nominee County; thence southerly and thence southeasterly along the west easterly along the east line of Menom- (southwest) lines of Taylor County and inee County to Lake Michigan; thence northeasterly along the east (south- east to the western boundary of the east) line of Taylor County to the west State of Michigan; thence southerly line of Casey County; and thence and easterly along the western bound- southerly along the west and south ary of the State of Michigan to a point lines of Casey and Pulaski Counties to in the middle of Lake Michigan oppo- the intersection with the western site the main channel of Green Bay; boundary of Wayne County; and then thence southerly along the western south along the western boundary of boundary of the State of Michigan to Wayne County to the Kentucky-Ten- its junction with the southern bound- nessee boundary. ary thereof and the northern boundary (d) Tennessee. From the junction of of the State of Indiana. the west line of McCreary County, Ky., (b) Indiana-Illinois. From the junction with the Kentucky-Tennessee bound- of the western boundary of the State of ary westerly along that boundary to Michigan with the northern boundary the west line of Scott County, Tenn.; of the State of Indiana easterly along thence southerly along the west line of the northern boundary of the State of Scott County, the north and west lines Indiana to the east line of LaPorte of Morgan County, and the north line County; thence southerly along the of Roane County to the north line of east line of LaPorte County to the Rhea County; thence northwesterly north line of Starke County; thence along the north line of Rhea County; east along the north line of Starke and thence southwesterly along the County to the west line of Marshall west lines of Rhea and Hamilton Coun- County; thence south along the west ties to the Tennessee-Georgia bound- line of Marshall County; thence west ary. 718 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:28 Jun 11, 2021 Jkt 250226 PO 00000 Frm 00728 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\49\49V1.TXT PC31 kpayne on VMOFRWIN702 with $$_JOB Office of the Secretary of Transportation § 71.7 (e) Georgia-Alabama. From the junc- change from central to mountain time tion of the west line of Hamilton Coun- and vice versa; the Colorado Southern ty, Tenn., with the Tennessee-Georgia and Fort Worth and Denver City Rail- boundary westerly along that boundary way Companies may use Sixela, New to its junction with the Alabama-Geor- Mexico, as such changing point; the gia boundary; thence southerly along Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail- that boundary and the Florida-Georgia way Company and other branches of boundary to the southwest corner of the Santa Fe system may use Clovis, the State of Georgia.