49 CFR § 194.115 - Response resources.

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title: "49 CFR § 194.115 - Response resources."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "194.115"
section_name: "Response resources."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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subchapter_name: "PIPELINE SAFETY"
part_number: "194"
part_name: "RESPONSE PLANS FOR ONSHORE OIL PIPELINES"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 1231, 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5) and (j)(6); sec. 2, E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; 49 CFR 1.53."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 253, Jan. 5, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
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# 194.115 Response resources.

(a) Each operator shall identify and ensure, by contract or other approved means, the resources necessary to remove, to the maximum extent practicable, a worst case discharge and to mitigate or prevent a substantial threat of a worst case discharge.

(b) An operator shall identify in the response plan the response resources which are available to respond within the time specified, after discovery of a worst case discharge, or to mitigate the substantial threat of such a discharge, as follows:

|  | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| High volume area | 6 hrs | 30 hrs | 54 hrs. |
| All other areas | 12 hrs | 36 hrs | 60 hrs. |