Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England
Serving Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont & 10 Tribal Nations
Emergency Response Planning
Under the National Contingency Plan (NCP), each Regional Response Team (RRT) prepares a Regional Contingency Plan (RCP). The RCP sets forth the structure for coordinating planning, training, and response to emergencies between the Federal agencies and states within New England. EPA provides the RRT with administrative support to coordinate the development and amendment to the RCP.
The
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA-90) required additional response
planning. New England is divided into 5 planning areas. The Coast
Guard's Marine Safety
Office (MSO) Portland provides area planning for coastal Maine
and New Hampshire, while MSO
Boston provides coastal area planning in Northern Massachusetts
(from New Hampshire south to Manomet Point, near Plymouth). Southern
coastal Massachusetts and the Rhode Island shore comes under MSO
Providence. Connecticut and the Long Island Sound are within
MSO Long Island
Sound's jurisdiction. Vermont and the inland portions of the
other five states are within EPA-New England's Area
Contingency Plan (ACP) (this document requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader 
).
Information on potential sources of environmental emergencies, vulnerable
resources, and response to emergencies may be found in these ACPs.
For additional information, see also EPA's National Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO) web site.