49 CFR §130.125
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- (a)The railroad must develop and implement notification procedures that include all of the following:
- (1)Procedures for immediate notification of the qualified individual or alternate and immediate communications between that individual, and the appropriate Federal official and the persons providing personnel and equipment;
- (2)A checklist of the notifications required under the response plan, listed in the order of priority;
- (3)The primary and secondary communication methods by which notifications can be made;
- (4)The circumstances and necessary time frames under which the notifications must be made; and
- (5)The information to be provided in the initial and each follow-up notification.
- (b)The notification procedures must include the names of the following individuals or organizations, with the ten-digit telephone numbers at which they can be contacted on a 24-hour basis:
- (1)The National Response Center (NRC);
- (2)Qualified individual, or alternative;
- (3)Federal, State, and local agencies that the railroad expects to have pollution control responsibilities or provide pollution control support; and
- (4)Personnel or organizations to notify for the activation of equipment and personnel resources identified in § 130.130.