---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 194.7"
title: "49"
number: "194.7"
heading: "Operating restrictions and interim operating authorization."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/194.7"
---

# §194.7. Operating restrictions and interim operating authorization.

- (a) An operator of a pipeline for which a response plan is required under [§ 194.101](/cfr/49/194.101.md), may not handle, store, or transport oil in that pipeline unless the operator has submitted a response plan meeting the requirements of this part.
- (b) An operator must operate its onshore pipeline facilities in accordance with the applicable response plan.
- (c) The operator of a pipeline line section described in [§ 194.103(c)](/cfr/49/194.103.md?p=c), may continue to operate the pipeline for two years after the date of submission of a response plan, pending approval or disapproval of that plan, only if the operator has submitted the certification required by [§ 194.119(e)](/cfr/49/194.119.md?p=e).

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 194-4, 70 FR 8746, Feb. 23, 2005]

### 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

[Amdt. 194-4, 70 FR 8746, Feb. 23, 2005]