---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 155.1125"
title: "33"
number: "155.1125"
heading: "Additional response plan requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/155.1125"
---

# §155.1125. Additional response plan requirements.

- (a) The owner or operator of a tanker subject to this subpart shall include the requirements of this section in the Prince William Sound geographic-specific appendix required by subpart D of this part.
  - (1) The response plan must include 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) Consist of sufficient numbers of trained personnel with the necessary technical skills to remove, to the maximum extent practicable, a worst case discharge or a discharge of 200,000 barrels of oil, whichever is greater;
    - (iv) Provide a plan for training sufficient numbers of additional personnel to remove, to the maximum extent practicable, a worst case discharge or a discharge of 200,000 barrels of oil, whichever is greater; and
    - (v) Address the responsibilities required in [§ 155.1035(d)(4)](/cfr/33/155.1035.md?p=d-4).
  - (2) The response plan must include exercise procedures that must—
    - (i) Provide two exercises of the oil spill removal organization each year to ensure prepositioned equipment and trained personnel required under this subpart perform effectively;
    - (ii) Provide for both announced and unannounced exercises; and
    - (iii) **Provide for exercises that test either the entire appendix or individual components.**
  - (3) The response plan must identify a testing, inspection, and certification program for the prepositioned response equipment required in [§ 155.1130](/cfr/33/155.1130.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 of all electrical motors, pumps, power packs, air compressors, internal combustion engines, and oil recovery devices; and
      - (B) Removal of no less than one-third of required boom from storage annually, such that all boom will have been removed and examined within a period of 3 years;
    - (ii) Records of equipment tests and inspection; and
    - (iii) Use of an independent entity to certify that the equipment is on-site and in good operating condition and that required tests and inspections have been performed. The independent entity must have appropriate training and expertise to provide this certification.
  - (4) The response plan must identify and give the location of the prepositioned response equipment required in [§ 155.1130](/cfr/33/155.1130.md) including the make, model, and effective daily recovery rate of each oil recovery resource.
- (b) The owner or operator shall submit to the COTP for approval, no later than September 30th of each calendar year, a schedule for the training and exercises 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 Coast Guard and must be maintained for a period of 3 years.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 91-034, 61 FR 1097, Jan. 12, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301 through 303; 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), 1903(b), 2735; 46 U.S.C. 70011; 70034; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4. Section 155.1020 also issued under section 316 of Pub. L. 114-120. Section 155.480 also issued under section 4110(b) of Pub. L. 101-380.