[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: 40CFR117.21]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 117--DETERMINATION OF REPORTABLE QUANTITIES FOR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES--
Table of Contents
 
         Subpart C--Notice of Discharge of a Reportable Quantity
 
Sec. 117.21  Notice.


    Any person in charge of a vessel or an onshore or an offshore 
facility shall, as soon as he has knowledge of any discharge of a 
designated hazardous substance from such vessel or facility in 
quantities equal to or exceeding in any 24-hour period the reportable 
quantity determined by this part, immediately notify the appropriate 
agency of the United States Government of such discharge. Notice shall 
be given in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary of 
Transportation has set forth in 33 CFR 153.203. This provision applies 
to all discharges not specifically excluded or reserved by another 
section of these regulations.

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