[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR300.1]

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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 A_Introduction
 
Sec.  300.1  Purpose and objectives.




                         Subpart A_Introduction

Sec.
300.1 Purpose and objectives.
300.2 Authority and applicability.
300.3 Scope.
300.4 Abbreviations.
300.5 Definitions.
300.6 Use of number and gender.
300.7 Computation of time.

         Subpart B_Responsibility and Organization for Response

300.100 Duties of President delegated to federal agencies.
300.105 General organization concepts.
300.110 National Response Team.
300.115 Regional Response Teams.
300.120 On-scene coordinators and remedial project managers: general 
          responsibilities.
300.125 Notification and communications.
300.130 Determinations to initiate response and special conditions.
300.135 Response operations.
300.140 Multi-regional responses.
300.145 Special teams and other assistance available to OSCs/RPMs.
300.150 Worker health and safety.
300.155 Public information and community relations.
300.160 Documentation and cost recovery.
300.165 OSC reports.
300.170 Federal agency participation.
300.175 Federal agencies: additional responsibilities and assistance.
300.180 State and local participation in response.
300.185 Nongovernmental participation.

                   Subpart C_Planning and Preparedness

300.200 General.
300.205 Planning and coordination structure.
300.210 Federal contingency plans.
300.211 OPA facility and vessel response plans.
300.212 Area response drills.
300.215 Title III local emergency response plans.
300.220 Related Title III issues.

          Subpart D_Operational Response Phases for Oil Removal

300.300 Phase I--Discovery or notification.
300.305 Phase II--Preliminary assessment and initiation of action.
300.310 Phase III--Containment, countermeasures, cleanup, and disposal.
300.315 Phase IV--Documentation and cost recovery.
300.317 National response priorities.
300.320 General pattern of response.
300.322 Response to substantial threats to public health or welfare of 
          the United States.
300.323 Spills of national significance.
300.324 Response to worst case discharges.
300.335 Funding.

                 Subpart E_Hazardous Substance Response

300.400 General.
300.405 Discovery or notification.
300.410 Removal site evaluation.
300.415 Removal action.
300.420 Remedial site evaluation.
300.425 Establishing remedial priorities.
300.430 Remedial investigation/feasibility study and selection of 
          remedy.
300.435 Remedial design/remedial action, operation and maintenance.
300.440 Procedures for planning and implementing off-site response 
          actions.

       Subpart F_State Involvement in Hazardous Substance Response

300.500 General.
300.505 EPA/State Superfund Memorandum of Agreement (SMOA).
300.510 State assurances.
300.515 Requirements for state involvement in remedial and enforcement 
          response.
300.520 State involvement in EPA-lead enforcement negotiations.
300.525 State involvement in removal actions.

                Subpart G_Trustees for Natural Resources

300.600 Designation of federal trustees.
300.605 State trustees.
300.610 Indian tribes.
300.612 Foreign trustees.
300.615 Responsibilities of trustees.

                Subpart H_Participation by Other Persons

300.700 Activities by other persons.

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    Subpart I_Administrative Record for Selection of Response Action

300.800 Establishment of an administrative record.
300.805 Location of the administrative record file.
300.810 Contents of the administrative record file.
300.815 Administrative record file for a remedial action.
300.820 Administrative record file for a removal action.
300.825 Record requirements after the decision document is signed.

            Subpart J_Use of Dispersants and Other Chemicals

300.900 General.
300.905 NCP Product Schedule.
300.910 Authorization of use.
300.915 Data requirements.
300.920 Addition of products to Schedule.

Subpart K--Federal Facilities [Reserved]

 Subpart L_National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency 
       Plan; Involuntary Acquisition of Property by the Government

300.1105 Involuntary acquisition of property by the government.

Appendix A to Part 300--The Hazard Ranking System
Appendix B to Part 300--National Priorities List
Appendix C to Part 300--Swirling Flask Dispersant Effectiveness Test, 
          Revised Standard Dispersant Toxicity Test, and Bioremediation 
          Agent Effectiveness Test
Appendix D to Part 300--Appropriate Actions and Methods of Remedying 
          Releases
Appendix E to Part 300--Oil Spill Response

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 12777, 56 
FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p.351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 
Comp., p.193.


    Source: 59 FR 47416, Sept. 15, 1994, unless otherwise noted.


    The purpose of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 
Contingency Plan (NCP) is to provide the organizational structure and 
procedures for preparing for and responding to discharges of oil and 
releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants.