---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 130.31"
title: "49"
number: "130.31"
heading: "Basic spill response plans."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/130.31"
---

# §130.31. Basic spill response plans.

- (a) No person may transport liquid petroleum oil in a packaging having a capacity of 3,500 gallons or more unless that person has a current basic written plan that:
  - (1) Sets forth the manner of response to discharges that may occur during transportation;
  - (2) Takes into account the maximum potential discharge of the contents from the packaging;
  - (3) Identifies private personnel and equipment available to respond to a discharge;
  - (4) Identifies the appropriate persons and agencies (including their telephone numbers) to be contacted in regard to such a discharge and its handling, including the National Response Center; and
  - (5) For each motor carrier, is retained on file at that person's principal place of business and at each location where dispatching of motor vehicles occurs; and for each railroad, is retained on file at that person's principal place of business and at the dispatcher's office.
- (b) A railroad with a comprehensive plan in conformance with the requirements of subpart C of this part is not required to have a basic spill response plan for routes covered by the comprehensive plan.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 130-2, 61 FR 30541, June 17, 1996, as amended at 72 FR 55683, Oct. 1, 2007; 76 FR 56311, Sept. 13, 2011; 84 FR 6948, Feb. 28, 2019]

### 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.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 130-2, 61 FR 30541, June 17, 1996, as amended at 72 FR 55683, Oct. 1, 2007; 76 FR 56311, Sept. 13, 2011; 84 FR 6948, Feb. 28, 2019]