[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR300.140]

[Page 33]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 300--NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart B--Responsibility and Organization for Response
 
Sec. 300.140  Multi-regional responses.

    (a) If a discharge or release moves from the area covered by one ACP 
or RCP into another area, the authority for response actions should 
likewise shift. If a discharge or release affects areas covered by two 
or more ACPs or RCPs, the response mechanisms of each applicable plan 
may be activated. In this case, response actions of all regions 
concerned shall be fully coordinated as detailed in the RCPs and ACPs.
    (b) There shall be only one OSC and/or RPM at any time during the 
course of a response operation. Should a discharge or release affect two 
or more areas, EPA, the USCG, DOD, DOE, or other lead agency, as 
appropriate, shall give prime consideration to the area vulnerable to 
the greatest threat, in determining which agency should provide the OSC 
and/or RPM. The RRT shall designate the OSC and/or RPM if the RRT member 
agencies who have response authority within the affected areas are 
unable to agree on the designation. The NRT shall designate the OSC and/
or RPM if members of one RRT or two adjacent RRTs are unable to agree on 
the designation.
    (c) Where the USCG has initially provided the OSC for response to a 
release from hazardous waste management facilities located in the 
coastal zone, responsibility for response action shall shift to EPA or 
another federal agency, as appropriate.