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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 121.137 

passenger recovery plan for each diver-
sion airport used in those operations. 

(25)(i) Procedures and information, as 

described in paragraph (b)(25)(ii) of this 
section, to assist each crewmember and 
person performing or directly super-
vising the following job functions in-
volving items for transport on an air-
craft: 

(A) Acceptance; 
(B) Rejection; 
(C) Handling; 
(D) Storage incidental to transport; 
(E) Packaging of company material; 

or 

(F) Loading. 
(ii) Ensure that the procedures and 

information described in this para-
graph are sufficient to assist the per-
son in identifying packages that are 
marked or labeled as containing haz-
ardous materials or that show signs of 
containing undeclared hazardous mate-
rials. The procedures and information 
must include: 

(A) Procedures for rejecting packages 

that do not conform to the Hazardous 
Materials Regulations in 49 CFR parts 
171 through 180 or that appear to con-
tain undeclared hazardous materials; 

(B) Procedures for complying with 

the hazardous materials incident re-
porting requirements of 49 CFR 171.15 
and 171.16 and discrepancy reporting re-
quirements of 49 CFR 175.31 

(C) The certificate holder’s hazmat 

policies and whether the certificate 
holder is authorized to carry, or is pro-
hibited from carrying, hazardous mate-
rials; and 

(D) If the certificate holder’s oper-

ations specifications permit the trans-
port of hazardous materials, procedures 
and information to ensure the fol-
lowing: 

(

1

) That packages containing haz-

ardous materials are properly offered 
and accepted in compliance with 49 
CFR parts 171 through 180; 

(

2

) That packages containing haz-

ardous materials are properly handled, 
stored, packaged, loaded, and carried 
on board an aircraft in compliance 
with 49 CFR parts 171 through 180; 

(

3

) That the requirements for Notice 

to the Pilot in Command (49 CFR 
175.33) are complied with; and 

(

4

) That aircraft replacement parts, 

consumable materials or other items 

regulated by 49 CFR parts 171 through 
180 are properly handled, packaged, and 
transported. 

(26) Other information or instruc-

tions relating to safety. 

(c) Each certificate holder shall 

maintain at least one complete copy of 
the manual at its principal base of op-
erations. 

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19196, Dec. 31, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–104, 38 FR 14915, June 
7, 1973; Amdt. 121–106, 38 FR 22377, Aug. 20, 
1973; Amdt. 121–143, 43 FR 22641, May 25, 1978; 
Amdt. 121–162, 45 FR 46739, July 10, 1980; 
Amdt. 121–251, 60 FR 65926, Dec. 20, 1995; 
Amdt. 121–250, 60 FR 65948, Dec. 20, 1995; 
Amdt. 121–316, 70 FR 58823, Oct. 7, 2005; Amdt. 
121–329, 72 FR 1879, Jan. 16, 2007; Docket No. 
FAA–2022–0912; Amdt. No. 121–388, 88 FR 
34443, May 30, 2023] 

§ 121.137 Distribution and availability. 

(a) Each certificate holder shall fur-

nish copies of the manual required by 
§ 121.133 (and the changes and additions 
thereto) or appropriate parts of the 
manual to— 

(1) Its appropriate ground operations 

and maintenance personnel; 

(2) Crewmembers; and 
(3) Representatives of the Adminis-

trator assigned to it. 

(b) Each person to whom a manual or 

appropriate parts of it are furnished 
under paragraph (a) of this section 
shall keep it up-to-date with the 
changes and additions furnished to 
that person and shall have the manual 
or appropriate parts of it accessible 
when performing assigned duties. 

(c) For the purpose of complying with 

paragraph (a) of this section, a certifi-
cate holder may furnish the persons 
listed therein the maintenance part of 
the manual in printed form or other 
form, acceptable to the Administrator, 
that is retrievable in the English lan-
guage. 

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19196, Dec. 31, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–71, 35 FR 17176, Nov. 7, 
1970; Amdt. 121–162, 45 FR 46739, July 10, 1980; 
Amdt. 121–262, 62 FR 13256, Mar. 19, 1997] 

§ 121.139 Manual accessibility: Supple-

mental operations. 

Each certificate holder conducting 

supplemental operations must ensure 
the appropriate parts of the manual are 
accessible to flight, ground, and main-
tenance personnel at all times when