49 CFR § 194.7 - Operating restrictions and interim operating authorization.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s194.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 194.7 - Operating restrictions and interim operating authorization."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "194.7"
section_name: "Operating restrictions and interim operating authorization."
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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# 194.7 Operating restrictions and interim operating authorization.

(a) An operator of a pipeline for which a response plan is required under § 194.101, may not handle, store, or transport oil in that pipeline unless the operator has submitted a response plan meeting the requirements of this part.

(b) An operator must operate its onshore pipeline facilities in accordance with the applicable response plan.

(c) The operator of a pipeline line section described in § 194.103(c), may continue to operate the pipeline for two years after the date of submission of a response plan, pending approval or disapproval of that plan, only if the operator has submitted the certification required by § 194.119(e).

[Amdt. 194-4, 70 FR 8746, Feb. 23, 2005]