National Response Team

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018194",
  "term": "National Response Team",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Representatives from 15 federal agencies with interests and expertise in various aspects of emergency response to pollution incidents. EPA serves as chair and the U.S. Coast Guard serves as vice-chair. The NRT is primarily a national planning, policy, and coordinating body and does not respond directly to incidents. The NRT provides policy guidance prior to an incident and assistance as requested by a federal On-Scene Coordinator via a Regional Response Team during an incident. NRT assistance usually takes the form of technical advice, access to additional resources or equipment, or coordination with other RRTs.\n\n2. Representatives of 13 Federal agencies that coordinate Federal responses to nationally significant incidents of pollution (e.g., an oil spill, a major chemical release, or a Superfund response action) and provide advice and technical assistance to the responding agency (or agencies) before and during a response action.\n\n3. Representatives of 13 federal agencies that, as a team, coordinate federal responses to nationally significant incidents of pollution--an oil spill, a major chemical release, or a - superfund response action--and provide advice and technical assistance to the responding agency(ies) before and during a response action.\n\n4. National planning and coordination is accomplished through the NRT.",
  "abbreviation": "NRT",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms",
    "Superfund Reforms Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 300.110 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/national-response-team/"
}