# 40 CFR 265.56(d) — Federal incident notification deadlines by regulation

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Required method:** telephone or direct notification to on-scene coordinator or National Response Center _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Follow-up requirement:** written report on the incident to the Regional Administrator within 15 days after the incident

## 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)

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/265.56

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