National Response Center

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018191",
  "term": "National Response Center",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The primary communications center operated by the U.S. Coast Guard to receive reports of major chemical and oil spills and other hazardous substances into the environment. The NRC immediately relays reports to a predesignated federal On-Scene Coordinator.\n\n2. The NRC, staffed by the U.S. Coast Guard, is a communications center that receives reports of discharges or releases of hazardous substances into the environment. The U.S. Coast Guard in turn, relays information about such releases to the appropriate federal agency.\n\n3. The federal operations center that receives notifications of all releases of oil and hazardous substances into the environment; open 24 hours a day, is operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, which evaluates all reports and notifies the appropriate agency.\n\n4. Communications center that receives reports of discharges or releases of hazardous substances into the environment. Run by the US Coast Guard, which relays information about such releases to the appropriate federal agency.\n\n5. The national communications center located in Washington, DC, that receives and relays notice of oil discharge or releases of hazardous substances to appropriate Federal officials.",
  "abbreviation": "NRC",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Glossary: Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources",
    "40 CFR 310.3 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/national-response-center/"
}