---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 155.1130"
title: "33"
number: "155.1130"
heading: "Requirements for prepositioned response equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/155.1130"
---

# §155.1130. Requirements for prepositioned response equipment.


The owner or operator of a tanker subject to this subpart shall provide the following prepositioned response equipment, located within Prince William Sound, in addition to that required by [§ 155.1035](/cfr/33/155.1035.md):

- (a) On-water recovery equipment with a minimum effective daily recovery capacity of 30,000 barrels, capable of being on scene within 6 hours of notification of a discharge.
- (b) On-water storage capacity of 100,000 barrels, capable of being on scene within 6 hours of notification of a discharge.
- (c) Additional on-water recovery equipment with a minimum effective daily recovery capacity of 40,000 barrels capable of being on scene within 18 hours of notification of a discharge.
- (d) On-water storage capacity of 300,000 barrels for recovered oily material, capable of being on scene within 24 hours of notification of a discharge.
- (e) **On-water oil recovery devices and storage equipment located in communities and at strategic locations.**
- (f) For sufficient protection of the environment in the locations identified in [§ 155.1125(a)(1)(ii)](/cfr/33/155.1125.md?p=a-1-ii)—
  - (1) Boom appropriate for the specific locations;
  - (2) Sufficient boats to deploy boom and sorbents;
  - (3) Sorbents including booms, sweeps, pads, blankets, drums and plastic bags;
  - (4) Personnel protective clothing and equipment;
  - (5) Survival equipment;
  - (6) First aid supplies;
  - (7) Buckets, shovels, and various other tools;
  - (8) Decontamination equipment;
  - (9) Shoreline cleanup equipment;
  - (10) Mooring equipment;
  - (11) Anchored buoys at appropriate locations to facilitate the positioning of defensive boom; and
  - (12) **Other appropriate removal equipment for the protection of the environment as identified by the COTP.**
- (g) For each oil-laden tanker, an escorting response vessel which is fitted with skimming and on board storage capabilities practicable for the initial oil recovery planned for a cleanup operation, as identified by the oil spill removal organization.
- (h) Lightering resources required in [subpart I](/cfr/33/subpartI.md) of this part capable of arriving on scene within 6 hours of notification of a discharge.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 91-034, 61 FR 1097, Jan. 12, 1996, as amended by USCG-2009-0416, 74 FR 27441, June 10, 2009]

### 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.

### Amendments

[CGD 91-034, 61 FR 1097, Jan. 12, 1996, as amended by USCG-2009-0416, 74 FR 27441, June 10, 2009]