Response Plan: Section 9. Response Zone Appendices.

Each response zone [a geographic area either along a length of pipeline or including multiple pipelines, containing one or more adjacent line sections, for which the operator must plan for the deployment of, and provide, spill response capabilities. The size of the zone is determined by the operator after considering available capability, resources, and geographic characteristics] appendix would provide the following information:

(a)  The name and telephone number of the qualified individual [an English-speaking representative of an operator, located in the United States, available on a 24-hour basis, with full authority to activate and contract with required oil spill removal organization(s); activate personnel and equipment maintained by the operator; act as liaison with the OSC; and obligate any funds required to carry out all required or directed oil response activities];

(b)  Notification procedures;

(c)  Spill detection and mitigation procedures;

(d)  Name, address, and telephone number of oil [oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, vegetable oil, animal oil, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil] spill response organization;

(e)  Response activities [the containment and removal of oil from the water and shorelines, the temporary storage and disposal of recovered oil, or the taking of other actions as necessary to minimize or mitigate damage to the environment] and response resources [the personnel, equipment, supplies, and other resources necessary to conduct response activities] including -

(1)  Equipment and supplies necessary to meet §194.115, and

(2)  The trained personnel necessary to sustain operation of the equipment and to staff the oil spill removal organization [an entity that provides response resources] and spill management team for the first 7 days of the response;

(f)  Names and telephone numbers of Federal, state and local agencies which the operator [a person who owns or operates onshore oil pipeline facilities] expects to assume pollution response responsibilities;

(g)  The worst case discharge [the largest foreseeable discharge of oil, including a discharge from fire or explosion, in adverse weather conditions. This volume will be determined by each pipeline operator for each response zone and is calculated according to §194.105] volume;

(h)  The method used to determine the worst case discharge volume, with calculations;

(i)  A map that clearly shows

(1)  The location of the worst case discharge, and

(2)  The distance between each line section [a continuous run of pipe that is contained between adjacent pressure pump stations, between a pressure pump station and a terminal or breakout tank, between a pressure pump station and a block valve, or between adjacent block valves] in the response zone and

(i)  Each potentially affected public drinking water intake, lake, river, and stream within a radius of five miles (8 kilometers) of the line section, and

(ii)  Each potentially affected environmentally sensitive area [an area of environmental importance which is in or adjacent to navigable waters] within a radius of one mile (1.6 kilometers) of the line section;

(j)  A piping diagram and plan profile drawing of each line section, which may be kept separate from the response plan [the operator's core plan and the response zone appendices for responding to the maximum extent practicable, to a worse case discharge of oil, or the substantial threat of such a discharge] if the location is identified; and,

(k)  For every oil [oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, vegetable oil, animal oil, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil] transported by each pipeline [all parts of an onshore pipeline facility through which oil moves including, but not limited to, line pipe, valves, and other appurtenances connected to line pipe, pumping units, fabricated assemblies associated with pumping units, metering and delivery stations and fabricated assemblies therein, and breakout tanks] in the response zone, emergency response data that-

(1)  Include the name, description, physical and chemical characteristics, health and safety hazards, and initial spill-handling and firefighting methods; and

(2)  Meet 29 CFR 1910.1200 or 49 CFR 172.602.

[58 FR 253, Jan. 5, 1993, as amended by Amdt. 194-3, 63 FR 37505, July 13, 1998; Amdt. 194-4, 70 FR 8748, Feb. 23, 2005]