The Washington, D.C., headquarters (run by the U.S. Coast Guard) that coordinates activities relative to pollution emergencies.
A national point of contact for reporting all oil, chemical, radiological, biological, and etiological discharges into the environment anywhere in the U.S. and its territories.
Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, the NRC receives reports required when dangerous goods and hazardous substances are spilled. The NRC notifies the appropriate Federal On-Scene Coordinator and concerned Federal Agencies.
Compare? 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.
Sole federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills.
A communications center operated by the United States Coast Guard, headquarters located in Washington, D.C. It provides information on suggested technical emergency actions, and must be notified within 24 hours of any spill of a reportable quantity of a hazardous substance by the spiller.
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.
a communications center for activities related to hazardous materials response actions, located at Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, DC. The center receives and relays notices of discharges or releases to the appropriate on-scene coordinator, disseminates on-scene coordinator and Regional Response Team reports to the National Response Team when appropriate, and provides facilities for the National Response Team to use in coordinating a national response action when required.
