---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 154.1125"
title: "33"
number: "154.1125"
heading: "Additional response plan requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/154.1125"
---

# §154.1125. Additional response plan requirements.

- (a) The owner or operator of a TAPAA facility shall include the following information in the Prince William Sound appendix to the response plan required by subpart F of this part:
  - (1) **Oil spill removal organization.** Identification of an oil spill removal organization that shall—
    - (i) Perform response activities;
    - (ii) Provide oil spill removal and containment training, including training in the operation of prepositioned equipment for personnel, including local residents and fishermen, from the following locations in Prince William Sound:
      - (A) Valdez;
      - (B) Tatitlek;
      - (C) Cordova;
      - (D) Whittier;
      - (E) Chenega; and
      - (F) **Fish hatcheries located at Port San Juan, Main Bay, Esther Island, Cannery Creek, and Solomon Gulch.**
    - (iii) Provide a plan for training, in addition to the personnel listed in [paragraph (a)(1)(ii)](#a-1-ii) of this section, sufficient numbers of trained personnel to remove, to the maximum extent practicable, a worst case discharge; and
    - (iv) Address the responsibilities required in [§ 154.1035(b)(3)(iii)](/cfr/33/154.1035.md?p=b-3-iii).
  - (2) **Exercises.** Identification of exercise procedures that must—
    - (i) Provide for two exercises of the oil spill removal organization each year that test the ability of the prepositioned equipment and trained personnel required under this subpart to perform effectively;
    - (ii) Consist of both announced and unannounced drills; and
    - (iii) **Include design(s) for exercises that test either the entire appendix or individual components(s).**
  - (3) **Testing, inspection, and certification.** Identification of a testing, inspecting, and certification program for the prepositioned response equipment required in [§ 154.1130](/cfr/33/154.1130.md) that must provide for—
    - (i) Annual testing and equipment inspection in accordance with the manufacturer's recommended procedures, to include—
      - (A) Start-up and running under load all electrical motors, pumps, power packs, air compressors, internal combustion engines, and oil recovery devices; and
      - (B) Removal for inspection of no less than one-third of required boom from storage annually, such that all boom will have been removed and inspected within a period of 3 years; and
    - (ii) **Records of equipment tests and inspection.**
    - (iii) Use of an independent entity to certify that the equipment is on-site and in good operating condition and that required tests and inspection have been preformed. The independent entity must have appropriate training and expertise to provide this certification.
  - (4) **Prepositioned response equipment.** Identification and location of the prepositioned response equipment required in [§ 154.1130](/cfr/33/154.1130.md) including the make, model, and effective daily recovery rate of each oil recovery resource.
- (b) The owner or operator of a TAPAA facility shall submit to the COTP a schedule for the training and drills required by the geographic-specific appendix for Prince William Sound for the following calendar year.
- (c) All records required by this section must be available for inspection by the COTP.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 91-036, 61 FR 7930, Feb. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), and (m)(2); 46 U.S.C. 70011, 70034; sec. 2, E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2. Subpart F is also issued under 33 U.S.C. 2735. Vapor control recovery provisions of Subpart P are also issued under 42 U.S.C. 7511b(f)(2).