Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 15/09/1994

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; Final Rule ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

In this rulemaking, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or ``the Agency'') is promulgating revisions to the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) amends existing provisions of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and creates major new authorities addressing oil and, to a lesser extent, hazardous substance spill response. The amended CWA required the President to revise the NCP to reflect these changes. The OPA specifies a number of revisions to the NCP that enhance and expand upon the current framework, standards, and procedures for response. The last revisions to the NCP were promulgated on March 8, 1990 (55 FR 8666). The proposed revisions upon which this rulemaking is based were published on October 22, 1993 (58 FR 54702). Today's revisions affect all NCP subparts except F (State Involvement in Hazardous Substance Response) and I (Administrative Record for Selection of Response Action).