49 CFR § 130.115 - Consistency with Area Contingency Plans.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s130.115"
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title: "49 CFR § 130.115 - Consistency with Area Contingency Plans."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "130.115"
section_name: "Consistency with Area Contingency Plans."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OIL TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "130"
part_name: "OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PLANS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "33 U.S.C 1321; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97."
regulatory_source: "Amdt. 130-2, 61 FR 30541, June 17, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "130"
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# 130.115 Consistency with Area Contingency Plans.

(a) A railroad must certify for each response zone that it reviewed each applicable ACP (or Regional Contingency Plan (RCP) for areas lacking an ACP).

(b) At a minimum, for consistency with the applicable ACP (or Regional Contingency Plan (RCP) for areas lacking an ACP), the comprehensive response plan must do all of the following:

(1) Address the removal of a worst-case discharge, and the mitigation or prevention of the substantial threat of a worst-case discharge, of oil;

(2) Identify environmentally sensitive or significant areas along the route, as defined in § 130.5, which could be adversely affected by a worst-case discharge, by reviewing and summarizing the applicable ACP or RCP;

(3) Incorporate appropriate strategies identified in applicable ACPs or RCPs, to protect environmentally sensitive or significant areas identified in paragraph (b)(2) of this section;

(4) Describe the responsibilities of the railroad and of Federal, State, and local agencies in removing a discharge and in mitigating or preventing a substantial threat of a discharge; and

(5) Identify the procedures to obtain any required Federal and State authorization for using alternative response strategies such as in-situ burning and/or chemical agents, as provided for in the applicable ACP and subpart J of 40 CFR part 300.