---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 195.408"
title: "49"
number: "195.408"
heading: "Communications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/195.408"
---

# §195.408. Communications.

- (a) Each operator must have a communication system to provide for the transmission of information needed for the safe operation of its pipeline system.
- (b) The communication system required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must, as a minimum, include means for:
  - (1) Monitoring operational data as required by [§ 195.402(c)(9)](/cfr/49/195.402.md?p=c-9);
  - (2) Receiving notices from operator personnel, the public, and public authorities of abnormal or emergency conditions and sending this information to appropriate personnel or government agencies for corrective action;
  - (3) Conducting two-way vocal communication between a control center and the scene of abnormal operations and emergencies; and
  - (4) Providing communication with fire, police, and other appropriate public officials during emergency conditions, including a natural disaster.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60101 et seq., and 49 CFR 1.97.

### Source

Source: Amdt. 195-22, 46 FR 38360, July 27, 1981, unless otherwise noted.