# Response resources.

**Citation:** 49 CFR 194.115  
**Type / status:** regulation / current  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2026-08-18  
**Published:** 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

## Document text

(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.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-194.115>
- Source ID: `ecfr`
- SHA-256: `1942cff2bc90e08007e5d409c74e9c6f2107068325703d6922fe541ef80bf63c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T05:54:39.777Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T00:38:58.341Z
- Document slug: `49-cfr-194-115`

### Source metadata

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  "cfrTitle": 49,
  "part": "194",
  "section": "194.115",
  "subpart": "Subpart B—Response Plans",
  "corpusVersion": "2026-08-18",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```