[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40 Volume 25]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR300.205]

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                   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 C--Planning and Preparedness
 
Sec. 300.205  Planning and coordination structure.

    (a) National. As described in Sec. 300.110, the NRT is responsible 
for national planning and coordination.
    (b) Regional. As described in Sec. 300.115, the RRTs are responsible 
for regional planning and coordination.
    (c) Area. As required by section 311(j) of the CWA, under the 
direction of the federal OSC for its area, Area Committees comprising 
qualified personnel of federal, state, and local agencies shall be 
responsible for:
    (1) Preparing an ACP for their areas (as described in 
Sec. 300.210(c));

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    (2) Working with appropriate federal, state, and local officials to 
enhance the contingency planning of those officials and to assure pre-
planning of joint response efforts, including appropriate procedures for 
mechanical recovery, dispersal, shoreline cleanup, protection of 
sensitive environmental areas, and protection, rescue, and 
rehabilitation of fisheries and wildlife; and
    (3) Working with appropriate federal, state, and local officials to 
expedite decisions for the use of dispersants and other mitigating 
substances and devices.
    (d) State. As provided by sections 301 and 303 of Title III, the 
SERC of each state, appointed by the Governor, is to designate emergency 
planning districts, appoint Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs), 
supervise and coordinate their activities, and review local emergency 
response plans, which are described in Sec. 300.215. The SERC also is to 
establish procedures for receiving and processing requests from the 
public for information generated by Title III reporting requirements and 
to designate an official to serve as coordinator for information.
    (e) Local. As provided by sections 301 and 303 of Title III, 
emergency planning districts are designated by the SERC in order to 
facilitate the preparation and implementation of emergency plans. Each 
LEPC is to prepare a local emergency response plan for the emergency 
planning district and establish procedures for receiving and processing 
requests from the public for information generated by Title III 
reporting requirements. The LEPC is to appoint a chair and establish 
rules for the LEPC. The LEPC is to designate an official to serve as 
coordinator for information and designate in its plan a community 
emergency coordinator.
    (f) As required by section 311(j)(5) of the CWA, a tank vessel, as 
defined under section 2101 of title 46, U.S. Code, an offshore facility, 
and an onshore facility that, because of its location, could reasonably 
be expected to cause substantial harm to the environment by discharging 
into or on the navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or exclusive 
economic zone must prepare and submit a plan for responding, to the 
maximum extent practicable, to a worst case discharge, and to a 
substantial threat of such a discharge, of oil or a hazardous substance.
    (g) The relationship of these plans is described in Figure 4.

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