[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR154.1010]

[Page 322]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 154--FACILITIES TRANSFERRING OIL OR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IN BULK--Table 
of Contents
 
              Subpart F--Response Plans for Oil Facilities
 
Sec. 154.1010  Purpose.

    Source: CGD 91-036, 61 FR 7917, Feb. 29, 1996, unless otherwise 
noted.


    This subpart establishes oil spill response plan requirements for 
all marine transportation-related (MTR) facilities (hereafter also 
referred to as facilities) that could reasonably be expected to cause 
substantial harm or significant and substantial harm to the environment 
by discharing oil into or on the navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, 
or exclusive economic zone. The development of a response plan prepares 
the facility owner or operator to respond to an oil spill. These 
requirements specify criteria to be used during the planning process to 
determine the appropriate response resources. The specific criteria for 
response resources and their arrival times are not performance 
standards. The criteria are based on a set of assumptions that may not 
exist during an actual oil spill incident.