Inland Facilities Contingency Plans

The emergency regulations governing the development of oil spill contingency plans and financial responsibility for inland facilities, pipelines, refineries and railroads became effective Sept. 3, 2015. Affected industry members had until January 1, 2016 to submit facility contingency plans and Certificates of Financial Responsibility. The statewide regulations implementing Senate Bill 861 were approved for permanent adoption by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and filed with the Secretary of State's office on December 17, 2018. The effective date of these regulations is January 1, 2019. All materials provided here are intended to help plan holders prepare their documents, but plan holders are still responsible for ensuring they are in compliance with the new inland regulations. For questions, please refer to the OSPR contacts (PDF) list.

Frequently Asked Questions for Inland Facilities (PDF)

Approved Regulations

• Definitions and Abbreviations - Final and Complete (PDF)
• Inland Facilities Contingency Plans (PDF)
• Inland COFR Regulations - Final and Complete (PDF)
• Inland Drills and Exercises Regulations (PDF)

Financial Responsibility Requirements

Please visit OSPR's Financial Responsibility web page for forms, regulations, and additional information.

If you have questions, please email the Facilities Financial Responsibility Program.

Additional Resources

• Response Planning Areas (PDF)
• Oil Spill Response Organizations
• List of Plan Consultants (PDF)
• Contingency Plan - Streamlined (PDF Form)

Guidance and Reference Documents

OSPR developed documents to assist plan holders with the creation of oil spill contingency plans under the emergency regulations. All materials provided here are intended to help plan holders prepare their documents, but plan holders are still responsible for ensuring they are in compliance with the new inland regulations.

• ERMA Southwest tutorial to help determine the proximity to Surface Waters (PDF)
• Statewide Planning and Geographic Response Guidance Document (PDF)
• Contingency Plan Guidance Document (Word)
• Drills and Exercises Guidance Document (PDF)
• Environmentally Sensitive Sites Guidance Document (PDF)
• Response Strategies for Ecological Resource Guidance Document (PDF)
• Economic and Cultural Guidance Document (PDF)
• Wildlife Response Guidance Document (PDF)
• Applied Response Technologies Guidance Document (PDF)
• Oil SpillResponse Organization Guidance Document (PDF)
• OSPR Branches and Points of Contact (PDF)
• Acronym List (PDF)

External Links and Training

• FEMA NIMS and ICS Training
• PHMSA Training
• CalFire Pipeline Safety Seminar