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

For 40 CFR 265.56(i), governing statute is RCRA; triggering event is any incident at a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility that requires implementing the contingency plan; notification deadline is within 15 days after the incident; notification recipient is Regional Administrator; required method is written report, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Regulation:** 40 CFR 265.56(i)
- **Governing statute:** RCRA _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Triggering event:** any incident at a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility that requires implementing the contingency plan
- **Notification deadline:** within 15 days after the incident _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notification recipient:** Regional Administrator _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Required method:** written report _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Follow-up requirement:** none beyond the written report

## What the source says

> Within 15 days after the incident, he must submit a written report on the incident to the Regional Administrator

## 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/).