National Contingency Plan

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United States federal emergency response plan hazardous substance release response framework oil spill response framework

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan	5
National Contingency Plan canonical	2
U.S. EPA National Contingency Plan Product Schedule	1

Statements (48)

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	United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ surface form: EPA United States Coast Guard ⓘ surface form: USCG
alsoKnownAs	National Contingency Plan ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 Team ⓘ surface form: 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	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OPA → relatedTo → National Contingency Plan ⓘ

subject surface form: Oil Pollution Act of 1990

Public Law 101-380 → relatedTo → National Contingency Plan ⓘ

National Contingency Plan → alsoKnownAs → National Contingency Plan ⓘ