# Regulus search export - Query: `(all documents)` - Source type: All - Part: 194 - Source: All - Status: All - Jurisdiction: All - Collection: All - Incident class: All - Sort: relevance - Date from: Any - Date to: Any - As of: Current corpus - Results: 24 - Exported: 2026-08-23T17:55:13.615Z ## 1. Pipeline Safety: Response Plans for Onshore Transportation-Related Oil Pipelines **Citation:** 70 FR 35042 **Type / status:** rulemaking / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2005-03-25 / 2005-06-16 On February 23, 2005, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) issued a final rule adopting as a final rule, the interim final rule which was issued on January 5, 1993. This final rule also made minor amendments to some of the regulations in Part 194 in response to public comments and the experience that OPS gained in implementing the interim final rule, leading spill response exercises, and responding to actual spills. The amendments were generally technical in nature and did not involve additional costs to pipeline operators or the public. In issuing the final rule, a table was inadvertently misprinted. This table in Sec. 194.105(b)(3) specifies the potential spill volume reduction credits operators may use when they have secondary containment and other spill prevention measures on breakout tanks. These spill reduction credits are used when calculating the worst case discharge volume. This correction replaces the incorrect table with the correct table. ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `federal-register` - SHA-256: `acff761f0ffb1c1cc2ac9ff76551bb76746ff792d365ff03f454dcaac9a543d6` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:04:51.294Z - Document slug: `federal-register-05-11444` - Related records: 1 ## 2. Environmentally Sensitive Areas **Citation:** Not assigned **Type / status:** rulemaking / historical **Agency:** Research and Special Programs Administration **Effective / published:** Not stated / 1994-06-15 RSPA invites representatives of industry, state and local government, and the public to an open meeting on \`\`environmentally sensitive areas.'' The purpose of this meeting is to gather information which will allow RSPA to establish criteria for the identification of environmentally sensitive areas on or near hazardous liquid pipelines. Such criteria are needed to carry out the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act and the Pipeline Safety Act of 1992. ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `federal-register` - SHA-256: `f717f5299b1305cc441141dcd161d448719975344c07fc9b0351af6ec46e63ee` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:04:51.294Z - Document slug: `federal-register-94-14465` - Related records: 0 ## 3. Environmentally Sensitive Areas **Citation:** Not assigned **Type / status:** rulemaking / historical **Agency:** Research and Special Programs Administration **Effective / published:** Not stated / 1994-06-22 On June 15, 1994, RSPA published a Notice of Public Meeting on environmentally sensitive areas (59 FR 30755). This notice serves to inform members of the public that the panel for that meeting will consist of RSPA and other Federal government agencies. Other interested agencies that may attend include the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, and other agencies within the Department of Transportation. The panel will receive comments to the five questions posed in the June 15 notice. ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `federal-register` - SHA-256: `a9ae79706456b548e7d4dd14fcd352d093fac8cf1a69cdc729e023a1cc217b42` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:04:51.294Z - Document slug: `federal-register-94-15138` - Related records: 0 ## 4. Notice of Public Hearing; Response Plans for Onshore Oil Pipelines **Citation:** 61 FR 60674 **Type / status:** rulemaking / proposed **Agency:** Research and Special Programs Administration **Effective / published:** Not stated / 1996-11-29 The Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) invites industry, government agencies, and the public to a hearing on response plans for onshore oil pipelines. The purpose of the hearing is to solicit comments on whether and how the current regulations on response plans for onshore oil pipelines could be improved. OPS may issue a final rule based on the comments received in writing and at the hearing. ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `federal-register` - SHA-256: `928f9d0fd207089aa7de6d688ee2de352041c815cd3060f610d88d02bedc2e9a` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:04:51.294Z - Document slug: `federal-register-96-30316` - Related records: 4 ## 5. Notice of Public Hearing; Response Plans for Onshore Oil Pipelines **Citation:** 62 FR 2989 **Type / status:** rulemaking / proposed **Agency:** Research and Special Programs Administration **Effective / published:** Not stated / 1997-01-21 In proposed rule document 96-30316 beginning on page 60674 in the issue of Friday, November 29, 1996, RSPA did not include a full agenda. RSPA anticipates a discussion of the interim final rule 49 CFR part 194 in its entirety, including the issues identified in the following draft agenda. RSPA expects the meeting to be attended by a broad cross-section of the pipeline industry, as well as environmental groups, state environmental agencies, and other federal agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Transportation Safety Board. The draft agenda is as follows: ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `federal-register` - SHA-256: `f21366ffab110a2c2052011fde3e29f114785ce98eada24bd292208507338b04` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:04:51.294Z - Document slug: `federal-register-97-1291` - Related records: 0 ## 6. Pipeline Safety: Change in Response Plan Review Cycle **Citation:** 62 FR 67292 **Type / status:** rulemaking / historical **Agency:** Research and Special Programs Administration **Effective / published:** 1998-02-23 / 1997-12-24 This direct final rule changes the reporting cycle for facility response plan submissions to 5 years for operators who are required to submit facility response plans to RSPA. Pipeline operators were previously required to submit facility response plans every 3 years. OPS is undertaking this change to improve safety by ensuring consistency between OPS requirements and those of the other federal agencies under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and encouraging the use of integrated plans, while easing the burden on the regulated community. The comments to the docket have fully supported this change. ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `federal-register` - SHA-256: `193ad799e605fd10fca8b53e2bdd22f1d14575e79a13d28b5fef9e2e43aeaf41` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:04:51.294Z - Document slug: `federal-register-97-33289` - Related records: 2 ## 7. Pipeline Safety: Updating Facility Response Plans in Light of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill **Citation:** 75 FR 36773 **Type / status:** guidance / guidance **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** Not stated / 2010-06-28 PHMSA is issuing an Advisory Bulletin to operators of hazardous liquid pipeline facilities required to prepare and submit an oil spill response plan under 49 CFR part 194. In light of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which has resulted in the relocation of oil spill response resources to address the oil spill, PHMSA is reminding operators of their responsibilities to review and update their oil spill response plans and to comply with other emergency response requirements to ensure the necessary response to a worst case discharge from their pipeline facility. ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `federal-register` - SHA-256: `c5aee67c1f906d4c696f9b02229d3698be958de4a1334a0369122cfed71bd2a7` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:04:51.294Z - Document slug: `federal-register-2010-15682` - Related records: 5 ## 8. Improvements in Preparing Oil Spill Facility Response Plans **Citation:** 79 FR 4532 **Type / status:** guidance / guidance **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** Not stated / 2014-01-28 PHMSA is issuing this advisory bulletin to remind all onshore oil pipeline operators of the circumstances of the Marshall, Michigan, pipeline accident and the need to update FRPs every five years from the date of last submission or the last approval according to its significant and substantial designation. Plans must also be updated whenever new or different operating conditions would affect the implementation of a response plan. (See 49 CFR 194.121.) When updating their FRPs, operators should utilize Appendix A Part 194--Guidelines for the Preparation of Response Plans and submit them electronically to PHMSA. This bulletin also notifies that FRPs found to meet the requirements of PHMSA's regulations at Part 194 will be posted on PHMSA's Web site for public viewing. Prior to posting, PHMSA will redact certain information, such as personally identifiable information and certain security related information, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and any other applicable Federal law. This document also alerts operators and their plan submitters to common errors in plans that require amendment prior to PHMSA's issuance of approval. Finally, onshore oil pipeline operators are encouraged to consider replacing incorporations by reference in their FRPs with a summary of referenced material or a copy of the full document. ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `federal-register` - SHA-256: `a8512b60004e21168db93356bd87b5bb735533420239e1e15cbe04922fe4642c` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:04:51.294Z - Document slug: `federal-register-2014-01515` - Related records: 3 ## 9. Pipeline Safety: Response Plans for Onshore Transportation-Related Oil Pipelines **Citation:** 70 FR 8734 **Type / status:** rulemaking / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2005-03-25 / 2005-02-23 On January 5, 1993, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) issued an interim final rule establishing oil spill response planning requirements for onshore oil pipelines (49 CFR Part 194). These regulations were issued pursuant to section 1321(j)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90). OPS is now adopting the interim rule as a final rule. This final rule makes minor amendments to some of the regulations in response to the written public comments received after issuance of the interim final rule and at a public meeting held in 1997 in New Orleans, LA. The amendments also reflect the experience that OPS has gained in implementing the rule; leading spill response exercises; and, responding to actual spills and harmonizes certain OPS requirements with related oil spill response regulations developed by the U.S. Coast Guard. The amendments are generally technical in nature and do not involve additional costs to pipeline operators or the public. ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `federal-register` - SHA-256: `b5ed2ca6f83658582462fc92d65f276383e571b69799a78545181b9efbcc044b` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:04:51.294Z - Document slug: `federal-register-05-3257` - Related records: 19 ## 10. Purpose. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.1 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated This part contains requirements for oil spill response plans to reduce the environmental impact of oil discharged from onshore oil pipelines. ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `71c669979241158da42e323d8e03b176a4979511cad82c82d18ac1f6df9e5f46` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-1` - Related records: 10 ## 11. Operators required to submit plans. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.101 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, unless OPS grants a request from an Federal On-Scene Coordinator (FOSC) to require an operator of a pipeline in paragraph (b) to submit a response plan, each operator of an onshore pipeline facility shall prepare and submit a response plan to ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `4f8e8417b7a8e6e56fa030d9c01a8bdfbc032c4660aba46361c7e49d07530e5a` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-101` - Related records: 26 ## 12. Significant and substantial harm; operator's statement. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.103 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (a) Each operator shall submit a statement with its response plan, as required by §§ 194.107 and 194.113, identifying which line sections in a response zone can be expected to cause significant and substantial harm to the environment in the event of a discharge of oil into or on the navigable waters ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `25cea9398b18fcfe8a564a5955172ab54768280f1f1b3e6417fa50b85b54a1db` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-103` - Related records: 17 ## 13. Worst case discharge. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.105 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (a) Each operator shall determine the worst case discharge for each of its response zones and provide the methodology, including calculations, used to arrive at the volume. (b) The worst case discharge is the largest volume, in barrels (cubic meters), of the following: (1) The pipeline's maximum r ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `e389869ece25962fdb9b705fa444f2a9c152191f6e427a8f33f2412f88f589d8` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-105` - Related records: 24 ## 14. General response plan requirements. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.107 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (a) Each response plan must include procedures and a list of resources for responding, to the maximum extent practicable, to a worst case discharge and to a substantial threat of such a discharge. The “substantial threat” term is equivalent to abnormal operations outlined in 49 CFR 195.402(d). To co ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `0fdd5c6dc651abfaab30318a988bcbedd3942b41960d255a84d52153495191c5` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-107` - Related records: 45 ## 15. Submission of state response plans. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.109 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (a) In lieu of submitting a response plan required by § 194.103, an operator may submit a response plan that complies with a state law or regulation, if the state law or regulation requires a plan that provides equivalent or greater spill protection than a plan required under this part. (b) A plan ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `a8249b776438c3a903586723c02bc583f3dcca21d409bcd0b21cb542e7bdd5d4` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-109` - Related records: 2 ## 16. Response plan retention. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.111 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (a) Each operator shall maintain relevant portions of its response plan at: (1) The operator's headquarters and other locations from which response activities may be conducted, for example in field offices, supervisors' vehicles, or spill response trailers; or (2) Electronic storage on a readily a ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `c4e7609c1bebd976e85f00b9d658ddd8ef9b54c4d5c19f82db64703897f3c4b3` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-111` - Related records: 12 ## 17. Information summary. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.113 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (a) The information summary for the core plan, required by § 194.107, must include: (1) The name and address of the operator; and (2) For each response zone which contains one or more line sections that meet the criteria for determining significant and substantial harm as described in § 194.103, a ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `af23e40eed791facbde642294a3a2f0d4676973ea6748dde682d0d86906f2a2d` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-113` - Related records: 9 ## 18. Response resources. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.115 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (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 pl ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `1942cff2bc90e08007e5d409c74e9c6f2107068325703d6922fe541ef80bf63c` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-115` - Related records: 17 ## 19. Training. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.117 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (a) Each operator shall conduct training to ensure that: (1) All personnel know— (i) Their responsibilities under the response plan, (ii) The name and address of, and the procedure for contacting, the operator on a 24-hour basis, and (iii) The name of, and procedures for contacting, the qualifie ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `ea92aa4b83fcbe839b0e9524ce914829b6b824be3be70975f626fbba4f0faac1` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-117` - Related records: 16 ## 20. Submission and approval procedures. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.119 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (a) Each operator shall submit two copies of the response plan required by this part. Copies of the response plan shall be submitted to: Office of Pipeline Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, PHP 80, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, D ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `253296326a1ab2a087fc1c0f9fb9f2a43511316d599f1b40a4b414970871eab9` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-119` - Related records: 20 ## 21. Response plan review and update procedures. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.121 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (a) Each operator shall update its response plan to address new or different operating conditions or information. In addition, each operator shall review its response plan in full at least every 5 years from the date of the last submission or the last approval as follows: (1) For substantial harm p ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `c38af4cbe5c7d68cdce9af1533c8394deb87832da29daf5d49146014c05027b4` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-121` - Related records: 33 ## 22. Applicability. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.3 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated 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. ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `a0528ffe655c10ef3f7533ce28fd413ccdaec5fff4014eb1fd905dcf0482e753` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-3` - Related records: 7 ## 23. Definitions. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.5 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated Adverse weather means the weather conditions that the operator will consider when identifying response systems and equipment to be deployed in accordance with a response plan. Factors to consider include ice conditions, temperature ranges, weather-related visibility, significant wave height as speci ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `dc4c041b3df9dbdac3954e3e28c18ff42fadec8dbe38b4a9740b05fa03f40c83` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-5` - Related records: 18 ## 24. Operating restrictions and interim operating authorization. **Citation:** 49 CFR 194.7 **Type / status:** regulation / current **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2026-08-18 / Not stated (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 acco ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `ecfr` - SHA-256: `e9d50a396b772d4c6fd7b9e8b8217c84c7a3d85f01468f6eb0007c6b75f70c61` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z - Document slug: `49-cfr-194-7` - Related records: 22