---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 130.125"
title: "49"
number: "130.125"
heading: "Notification procedures and contacts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/130.125"
---

# §130.125. Notification procedures and contacts.

- (a) The railroad must develop and implement notification procedures that include all of the following:
  - (1) Procedures for immediate notification of the qualified individual or alternate and immediate communications between that individual, and the appropriate Federal official and the persons providing personnel and equipment;
  - (2) A checklist of the notifications required under the response plan, listed in the order of priority;
  - (3) The primary and secondary communication methods by which notifications can be made;
  - (4) The circumstances and necessary time frames under which the notifications must be made; and
  - (5) **The information to be provided in the initial and each follow-up notification.**
- (b) The notification procedures must include the names of the following individuals or organizations, with the ten-digit telephone numbers at which they can be contacted on a 24-hour basis:
  - (1) The National Response Center (NRC);
  - (2) Qualified individual, or alternative;
  - (3) Federal, State, and local agencies that the railroad expects to have pollution control responsibilities or provide pollution control support; and
  - (4) Personnel or organizations to notify for the activation of equipment and personnel resources identified in [§ 130.130](/cfr/49/130.130.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 84 FR 6948, Feb. 28, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C 1321; 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97.

### Source

Source: Amdt. 130-2, 61 FR 30541, June 17, 1996, unless otherwise noted.