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49 CFR § 130.125 - Notification procedures and contacts.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s130.125"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 130.125 - Notification procedures and contacts."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "130.125"
section_name: "Notification procedures and contacts."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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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# 130.125 Notification procedures and contacts.

(a) The railroad must develop and implement notification procedures that include all of the following:

(1) Procedures for immediate notification of the qualified individual or alternate and immediate communications between that individual, and the appropriate Federal official and the persons providing personnel and equipment;

(2) A checklist of the notifications required under the response plan, listed in the order of priority;

(3) The primary and secondary communication methods by which notifications can be made;

(4) The circumstances and necessary time frames under which the notifications must be made; and

(5) The information to be provided in the initial and each follow-up notification.

(b) The notification procedures must include the names of the following individuals or organizations, with the ten-digit telephone numbers at which they can be contacted on a 24-hour basis:

(1) The National Response Center (NRC);

(2) Qualified individual, or alternative;

(3) Federal, State, and local agencies that the railroad expects to have pollution control responsibilities or provide pollution control support; and

(4) Personnel or organizations to notify for the activation of equipment and personnel resources identified in § 130.130.