49 CFR § 194.3 - Applicability.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s194.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 194.3 - Applicability."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "194.3"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PIPELINE SAFETY"
part_number: "194"
part_name: "RESPONSE PLANS FOR ONSHORE OIL PIPELINES"
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. 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."
cfr_part: "194"
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# 194.3 Applicability.

This part applies to an operator of an onshore oil pipeline that, because of its location, could reasonably be expected to cause substantial harm, or significant and substantial harm to the environment by discharging oil into or on any navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines.