49 CFR § 195.54 - Accident reports.

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title: "49 CFR § 195.54 - Accident reports."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "195.54"
section_name: "Accident reports."
chapter_name: "PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "PIPELINE SAFETY"
part_number: "195"
part_name: "TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS BY PIPELINE"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60101  and 49 CFR 1.97."
regulatory_source: "Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 195.54 Accident reports.

(a) Each operator that experiences an accident that is required to be reported under § 195.50 must, as soon as practicable, but not later than 30 days after discovery of the accident, file an accident report on DOT Form 7000-1 or 7000-2, whichever is applicable.

(b) Whenever an operator receives any changes in the information reported or additions to the original report on DOT Form 7000-1 or 7000-2, whichever is applicable, it shall file a supplemental report within 30 days.

[Amdt. 195-39, 53 FR 24950, July 1, 1988, as amended by Amdt. 195-95, 75 FR 72907, Nov. 26, 2010; Amdt. 195-117, 90 FR 40766, Aug. 21, 2025]