[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 19]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR110.6]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 110--DISCHARGE OF OIL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 110.6  Notice.

    Any person in charge of a vessel or of an onshore or offshore 
facility shall, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any discharge of 
oil from such vessel or facility in violation of section 311(b)(3) of 
the Act, immediately notify the National Response Center (NRC) (800-424-
8802; in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, 202-426-2675). If direct 
reporting to the NRC is not practicable, reports may be made to the 
Coast Guard or EPA predesignated On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) for the 
geographic area where the discharge occurs. All such reports shall be 
promptly relayed to the NRC. If it is not possible to notify the NRC or 
the predesignated OCS immediately, reports may be made immediately to 
the nearest Coast Guard unit, provided that the person in charge of the 
vessel or onshore or offshore facility notifies the NRC as soon as 
possible. The reports shall be made in accordance with such procedures 
as the Secretary of Transportation may prescribe. The procedures for 
such notice are set forth in U.S. Coast Guard regulations, 33 CFR part 
153, subpart B and in the National Oil and Hazardous Substances 
Pollution Contingency Plan, 40 CFR part 300, subpart E.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
2050-0046)

[52 FR 10719, Apr. 2, 1987. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 7421, Feb. 
28, 1996; 61 FR 14032, Mar. 29, 1996]