# 40 CFR 110.6 — Federal incident notification deadlines by regulation

For 40 CFR 110.6, governing statute is Clean Water Act section 311; triggering event is discharge of oil from a vessel or an onshore or offshore facility in violation of section 311(b)(3) of the Act; notification deadline is immediately, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any discharge; notification recipient is National Response Center (NRC) (800-424-8802; in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, 202-426-2675); required method is telephone to the National Response Center (NRC); if direct reporting to the NRC is not practicable, reports may be made to the Coast Guard or EPA predesignated On-Scene Coordinator (OSC), recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Regulation:** 40 CFR 110.6
- **Governing statute:** Clean Water Act section 311 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Triggering event:** discharge of oil from a vessel or an onshore or offshore facility in violation of section 311(b)(3) of the Act _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notification deadline:** immediately, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any discharge _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notification recipient:** National Response Center (NRC) (800-424-8802; in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, 202-426-2675)
- **Required method:** telephone to the National Response Center (NRC); if direct reporting to the NRC is not practicable, reports may be made to the Coast Guard or EPA predesignated On-Scene Coordinator (OSC)
- **Follow-up requirement:** none specified in this section

## What the source says

> shall, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any discharge of oil from such vessel or facility in violation of section 311(b)(3) of the Act, immediately notify the National Response Center (NRC)

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/110.6

Last verified: 2026-08-12. Review by: 2027-02-08.
Part of [Federal incident notification deadlines by regulation](https://referencesource.org/incident-notification-deadlines/).