National Contingency Plan (NCP) 1
National Contingency Plan (NCP) 1 : Term referring to the National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan. Regulations prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency implement the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the response system of the Clean Water Act (sec. 311); refer to 40 CFR Part 300. It establishes three organizational levels: the National Response Team (NRT), Regional Response Teams (RRTs), and On-Scene Coordinators (OSCs), and can be implemented using two sources of federal response funding. One fund enables the OSC to conduct oil spill activities, the other is used for chemical releases
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