{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-195.403","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 195.403","heading":"Emergency response training.","body":"(a) Each operator shall establish and conduct a continuing training program to instruct emergency response personnel to:\n(1) Carry out the emergency procedures established under 195.402 that relate to their assignments;\n(2) Know the characteristics and hazards of the hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide transported, including, in case of flammable HVL, flammability of mixtures with air, odorless vapors, and water reactions;\n(3) Recognize conditions that are likely to cause emergencies, predict the consequences of facility malfunctions or failures and hazardous liquids or carbon dioxide spills, and take appropriate corrective action;\n(4) Take steps necessary to control any accidental release of hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide and to minimize the potential for fire, explosion, toxicity, or environmental damage; and\n(5) Learn the potential causes, types, sizes, and consequences of fire and the appropriate use of portable fire extinguishers and other on-site fire control equipment, involving, where feasible, a simulated pipeline emergency condition.\n(b) At the intervals not exceeding 15 months, but at least once each calendar year, each operator shall:\n(1) Review with personnel their performance in meeting the objectives of the emergency response training program set forth in paragraph (a) of this section; and\n(2) Make appropriate changes to the emergency response training program as necessary to ensure that it is effective.\n(c) Each operator shall require and verify that its supervisors maintain a thorough knowledge of that portion of the emergency response procedures established under 195.402 for which they are responsible to ensure compliance.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER I—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER D—PIPELINE SAFETY","PART 195—TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS BY PIPELINE","Subpart F—Operation and Maintenance"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"3916f1273345b8bc73b894a3347807298efba42af0042e646f76524683a51be2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-195.402","next":"us/49-cfr-195.404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}