# 40 CFR 302.6 — Federal incident notification deadlines by regulation

For 40 CFR 302.6, governing statute is CERCLA; triggering event is release of a hazardous substance from a vessel or an offshore or onshore facility in a quantity equal to or exceeding the reportable quantity in any 24-hour period; notification deadline is immediately, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any release; notification recipient is National Response Center (1-800-424-8802; in Washington, DC 202-267-2675); required method is telephone to the National Response Center, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Regulation:** 40 CFR 302.6
- **Governing statute:** CERCLA _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Triggering event:** release of a hazardous substance from a vessel or an offshore or onshore facility in a quantity equal to or exceeding the reportable quantity in any 24-hour period
- **Notification deadline:** immediately, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any release _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notification recipient:** National Response Center (1-800-424-8802; in Washington, DC 202-267-2675)
- **Required method:** telephone to the National Response Center
- **Follow-up requirement:** none specified in this section

## What the source says

> shall, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any release (other than a federally permitted release or application of a pesticide) of a

## Source

- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/302.6

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