National Contingency Plan

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The National Contingency Plan is the United States’ federal blueprint for responding to oil spills and hazardous substance releases, coordinating roles, responsibilities, and procedures among agencies during environmental emergencies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal emergency response plan ⓘ
hazardous substance release response framework ⓘ
oil spill response framework ⓘ
abbreviation NCP ⓘ
administeredBy United States Coast Guard ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
administeredByAbbreviation EPA ⓘ
USCG ⓘ
alsoKnownAs National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
appliesTo adjoining shorelines ⓘ
contiguous zone ⓘ
navigable waters of the United States ⓘ
codifiedAt 40 CFR Part 300 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defines criteria for classifying the severity of oil spills and hazardous substance releases ⓘ
procedures for coordinating federal, state, tribal, and local response efforts ⓘ
roles and responsibilities of federal agencies during environmental emergencies ⓘ
establishes Area Contingency Plans framework ⓘ
National Response System ⓘ
National Response Team ⓘ
On-Scene Coordinator role ⓘ
Regional Response Teams ⓘ
focusesOn protection of public health ⓘ
protection of the environment ⓘ
protection of welfare ⓘ
governs cost recovery for cleanup actions under CERCLA ⓘ
federal lead agency selection for response actions ⓘ
historicalOrigin developed initially in response to major oil spills ⓘ
includes procedures for notification and reporting of incidents ⓘ
procedures for remedial actions ⓘ
procedures for removal actions ⓘ
provisions for use of dispersants and other spill countermeasures ⓘ
requirements for contingency planning at regional and local levels ⓘ
legalBasis Clean Water Act ⓘ
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
legalBasisAbbreviation CERCLA ⓘ
CWA ⓘ
primaryPurpose coordinate federal, state, and local responses to environmental emergencies ⓘ
provide a federal blueprint for responding to hazardous substance releases ⓘ
provide a federal blueprint for responding to oil spills ⓘ
regulates federal response to oil discharges ⓘ
federal response to releases of hazardous substances ⓘ
requires coordination among federal, state, tribal, and local agencies ⓘ
integration with other emergency response plans ⓘ
scope coastal oil spills ⓘ
hazardous substance releases into the environment ⓘ
inland oil spills ⓘ
updatedBy periodic rulemakings by the Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ

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Oil Pollution Act of 1990 → relatedTo → National Contingency Plan ⓘ
subject linked to: OPA
Public Law 101-380 → relatedTo → National Contingency Plan ⓘ
National Contingency Plan → alsoKnownAs → National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
linked to: National Contingency Plan
National Priorities List → relatedTo → National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
subject linked to: NPL
linked to: National Contingency Plan
National Priorities List → governedBy → National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
subject linked to: NPL
linked to: National Contingency Plan
Hazard Ranking System → legalBasis → National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
linked to: National Contingency Plan
Corexit 9500A → hasRegulatoryListing → U.S. EPA National Contingency Plan Product Schedule ⓘ
linked to: National Contingency Plan
National Response Team → partOf → National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
linked to: National Contingency Plan
Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program → regulatoryFramework → National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
linked to: National Contingency Plan
NCP → standsFor → National Contingency Plan ⓘ
National Contingency Plan → includes → National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
subject linked to: NCP
linked to: National Contingency Plan
OSRE → legalAuthority → National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
linked to: National Contingency Plan
HRS → associatedProgram → National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
linked to: National Contingency Plan
40 CFR Part 300 Appendix A → partOf → National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan ⓘ
linked to: National Contingency Plan
40 CFR Part 300 Appendix A → relatedTo → National Contingency Plan ⓘ