{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 194.115","title":"Response resources.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"(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.\n\n(b) An operator shall identify in the response pl","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-194-115.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-194-115.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-194-115","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-194.115","body":"(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.\n\n(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:\n\nTier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 High volume area 6 hrs 30 hrs 54 hrs. All other areas 12 hrs 36 hrs 60 hrs.","truncated":false,"body_characters":595}