§ 71.1 49 CFR Subtitle A (10–1–10 Edition) 71.6 Central zone. § 71.2 Annual advancement of stand- 71.7 Boundary line between central and ard time. mountain zones. 71.8 Mountain zone. (a) The Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 71.9 Boundary line between mountain and U.S.C. 260a(a)), as amended, requires Pacific zones. that the standard time of each State 71.10 Pacific zone. observing Daylight Saving Time shall 71.11 Alaska zone. be advanced 1 hour beginning at 2:00 71.12 Hawaii-Aleutian zone. 71.13 Samoa zone. a.m. on the first Sunday in April of 71.14 Chamorro Zone. each year and ending on the last Sun- day in October. This advanced time AUTHORITY: Secs. 1–4, 40 Stat. 450, as amended; sec. 1, 41 Stat. 1446, as amended; shall be the standard time of each zone secs. 2–7, 80 Stat. 107, as amended; 100 Stat. during such period. The Act authorizes 764; Act of Mar. 19, 1918, as amended by the any State to exempt itself from this re- Uniform Time Act of 1966 and Pub. L. 97–449, quirement. States in two or more time 15 U.S.C. 260–267; Pub. L. 99–359; Pub. L. 106– zones may exempt the easternmost 564, 15 U.S.C. 263, 114 Stat. 2811; 49 CFR time zone portion from this require- 1.59(a), unless otherwise noted. ment. SOURCE: Amdt. 71–11, 35 FR 12318, Aug. 1, (b) Section 3(b) of the Uniform Time 1970, unless otherwise noted. Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(b)) provides that ‘‘it is the express intent of Con- § 71.1 Limits defined; exceptions au- gress***to supersede any and all thorized for certain rail operating purposes only. laws of the States or political subdivi- sions thereof insofar as they may now (a) This part prescribes the geo- or hereafter provide for advances in graphic limits of each of the eight time or changeover dates different standard time zones established by sec- from those specified in [section 3(a) of tion 1 of the Standard Time Act, as that Act]’’, which are those specified in amended by section 4 of the Uniform paragraph (a) of this section. Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 261). It also contains lists of operating exceptions [Amdt. 71–11, 35 FR 12318, Aug. 1, 1970, as granted for specified rail carriers, amended by Amdt. 71–21, 52 FR 41631, Nov. 18, whose operations cross the time zone 1986] boundaries prescribed by this part, au- thorizing them to carry the standard of § 71.3 Atlantic zone. time on which the major portion of a The first zone, the Atlantic standard particular operation is conducted into time zone, includes that part of the an adjoining time zone. United States that is between 52°30″ W. (b) Any rail carrier whose operations longitude and 67°30″ W. longitude and cross a time zone boundary prescribed that part of the Commonwealth of by this part may apply for an operating Puerto Rico that is west of 67°30″ W. exception to the General Counsel, De- longitude, but does not include any partment of Transportation, Wash- part of the State of Maine. ington, DC 20590. However, each rail carrier for which an operating excep- § 71.4 Eastern zone. tion is granted shall, in its advertise- The second zone, the eastern stand- ments, time cards, station bulletin ard time zone, includes that part of the boards, and other publications, show United States that is west of 67°30″ W. arrival and departure times in terms of longitude and east of the boundary line the standard time for the place con- described in § 71.5, and includes all of cerned. the State of Maine, but does not in- (c) The time zones established by the clude any part of the Commonwealth of Standard Time Zone Act, as amended Puerto Rico. by the Uniform Time Act of 1966, are Atlantic, eastern, central, mountain, § 71.5 Boundary line between eastern Pacific, Alaska, Hawaii-Aleutian, and and central zones. Samoa. (a) Minnesota-Michigan-Wisconsin. [Amdt. 71–11, 35 FR 12318, Aug. 1, 1970, as From the junction of the western amended by Amdt. 71–21, 52 FR 41631, Nov. 18, boundary of the State of Michigan with 1986] the boundary between the United 662 VerDate Mar<15>2010 10:00 Dec 22, 2010 Jkt 220212 PO 00000 Frm 00672 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\220212.XXX 220212 jdjones on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with CFR.