18 CFR § 12.20 - General requirements.

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title: "18 CFR § 12.20 - General requirements."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "12.20"
section_name: "General requirements."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
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part_name: "SAFETY OF WATER POWER PROJECTS AND PROJECT WORKS"
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regulatory_source: "Order 122, 46 FR 9036, Jan. 28, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 12.20 General requirements.

(a) Unless provided with a written exemption pursuant to § 12.21, every applicant or licensee must develop and file with the Regional Engineer an emergency action plan and appendices, verified in accordance with § 12.13.

(b) The emergency action plan must be:

(1) Developed in consultation and cooperation with appropriate Federal, state, and local agencies responsible for public health and safety; and

(2) Designed to provide early warning to upstream and downstream inhabitants, property owners, operators of water-related facilities, recreational users, and other persons in the vicinity who might be affected by a project emergency as defined in § 12.3(b)(9).

[Order 122, 46 FR 9036, Jan. 28, 1981, as amended at 87 FR 1515, Jan. 11, 2022]