40 CFR 265.56(d)
For 40 CFR 265.56(d), governing statute is RCRA; triggering event is a release, fire, or explosion at a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility that could threaten human health or the environment outside the facility; notification deadline is immediately; notification recipient is the government official designated as the on-scene coordinator for that geographical area, or the National Response Center (using their 24-hour toll free number 800/424-8802); required method is telephone or direct notification to on-scene coordinator or National Response Center, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.
- Regulation
- 40 CFR 265.56(d)
- Governing statute
- RCRA our reading
- Triggering event
- a release, fire, or explosion at a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility that could threaten human health or the environment outside the facility
- Notification deadline
- immediately verified
- Notification recipient
- the government official designated as the on-scene coordinator for that geographical area, or the National Response Center (using their 24-hour toll free number 800/424-8802) verified
- Required method
- telephone or direct notification to on-scene coordinator or National Response Center verified
- Follow-up requirement
- written report on the incident to the Regional Administrator within 15 days after the incident
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
He must immediately notify either the government official designated as the on-scene coordinator for that geographical area, or the National Response Center (using their 24-hour toll free number 800/424-8802)
— law.cornell.edu, retrieved 2026-08-12
Source
- law.cornell.eduhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/265.56