---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 194.111"
title: "49"
number: "194.111"
heading: "Response plan retention."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/194.111"
---

# §194.111. Response plan retention.

- (a) Each operator shall maintain relevant portions of its response plan at:
  - (1) The operator's headquarters and other locations from which response activities may be conducted, for example in field offices, supervisors' vehicles, or spill response trailers; or
  - (2) **Electronic storage on a readily accessible secured portable device.**
- (b) Each operator shall provide a copy of its response plan to each qualified individual.

## Notes

### Amendments

[58 FR 253, Jan. 5, 1993, as amended by Amdt. 194-4, 70 FR 8748, Feb. 23, 2005; Amdt. 194-6, 91 FR 22039, Apr. 24, 2026]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1231, 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5) and (j)(6); sec. 2, E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; 49 CFR 1.53.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 253, Jan. 5, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[58 FR 253, Jan. 5, 1993, as amended by Amdt. 194-4, 70 FR 8748, Feb. 23, 2005; Amdt. 194-6, 91 FR 22039, Apr. 24, 2026]