Northwest Area Contingency Plan, 1998 (also serving as the Region Ten regional contingency plan). Change 4

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:350709

The Northwest Area Contingency Plan (NWACP) continues to function as the Washington Statewide Master Plan as the primary planning and response document for oil spill and hazardous release response. For Oregon the NWACP was approved by the Oregon Emergency Response System Council in June 1996 as the state`s oil and hazardous materials emergency response plan. For Idaho, state law requires additional steps to be taken before the plan can be legally accepted. In the interim, this plan will be used wherever possible and acts as primary guidance for responders in those states for oil spill and hazardous release incidents. All federal, state, and local organizations signatory to the Northwest Area Committee should use this plan for responses to oil and hazardous materials spills and for drills and exercises. It is the summation of policies and procedures for two Coast Guard Captain of the Port Zones, EPA Inland Region Ten, and for the States of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. It provides federal, state, and local responders in the Pacific Northwest a single comprehensive planning and response document.

• Research Organization: Coast Guard District 13, Seattle, WA (United States); Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States); Washington State Dept. of Ecology, Olympia, WA (United States); Oregon State Dept. of Environmental Quality, Salem, OR (United States)
• OSTI ID: 350709
• Report Number(s): PB--99-137002/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACCIDENTS
CHEMICAL SPILLS
CLEAN WATER ACTS
EMERGENCY PLANS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS
IDAHO
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OIL SPILLS
OREGON
POLLUTION CONTROL
PUBLIC RELATIONS
STATE GOVERNMENT
US SUPERFUND
WASHINGTON
WASTE MANAGEMENT