National Contingency Plan

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018143",
  "term": "National Contingency Plan",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The NCP is formally known as the \"National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, and is promulgated under 40 CFR Part 300. RAGS Volume I, Part A defines the NCP as \"the regulation that implements CERCLA. Among other things, the NCP establishes the overall approach for determining appropriate remedial actions at Superfund sites.\" See also Superfund.\n\n2. See http://www.epa.gov/osweroe1/content/lawsregs/ncpover.htm. The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, more commonly called the National Contingency Plan (NCP), is the federal government's blueprint for responding to both oil spills and hazardous substance releases. The National Contingency Plan is the result of our country's efforts to develop a national response capability and promote overall coordination among hierarchy of responders and contingency plans.\n\n3. The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (40 CFR part 300)\n\n4. The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, developed under section 311(c)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., as amended, revised periodically pursuant to section 105 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9605, and published at 40 CFR part 300.\n\n5. The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan developed under section 311(c) of the Clean Water Act and revised pursuant to section 105 of CERCLA (40 CFR part 300).\n\n6. Federal government’s blueprint for responding to both oil spills and hazardous substance releases. It lays out the country’s national response capability and promotes overall coordination among the hierarchy of responders and contingency plans.",
  "abbreviation": "NCP",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Superfund Acronyms",
    "40 CFR 310.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 304.12 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 305.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 35.4270 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/national-contingency-plan/"
}