{"data":{"id":"us/18-cfr-12.20","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 CFR 12.20","heading":"General requirements.","body":"(a) Unless provided with a written exemption pursuant to § 12.21, every applicant or licensee must develop and file with the Regional Engineer an emergency action plan and appendices, verified in accordance with § 12.13.\n(b) The emergency action plan must be:\n(1) Developed in consultation and cooperation with appropriate Federal, state, and local agencies responsible for public health and safety; and\n(2) Designed to provide early warning to upstream and downstream inhabitants, property owners, operators of water-related facilities, recreational users, and other persons in the vicinity who might be affected by a project emergency as defined in § 12.3(b)(9).","path":["Title 18—Conservation of Power and Water Resources","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT","PART 12—SAFETY OF WATER POWER PROJECTS AND PROJECT WORKS","Subpart C—Emergency Action Plans"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-18.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:34Z","sha256":"34c635095b922d13bb3a621ff87276a26453afbabf98471c02f7329140b9f3e5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-cfr-12.13","next":"us/18-cfr-12.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}