# 40 CFR 302.8 — Federal incident notification deadlines by regulation

For 40 CFR 302.8, governing statute is CERCLA; triggering event is continuous release of a CERCLA hazardous substance that is stable in quantity and rate — initial telephone notification for qualifying continuous release; notification deadline is immediately (initial telephone notification); notification recipient is National Response Center (NRC) at 800-424-8802; required method is telephone to the National Response Center, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12.

- **Regulation:** 40 CFR 302.8
- **Governing statute:** CERCLA _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Triggering event:** continuous release of a CERCLA hazardous substance that is stable in quantity and rate — initial telephone notification for qualifying continuous release
- **Notification deadline:** immediately (initial telephone notification)
- **Notification recipient:** National Response Center (NRC) at 800-424-8802
- **Required method:** telephone to the National Response Center
- **Follow-up requirement:** initial written report within 30 days to EPA Headquarters; follow-up anniversary report annually to EPA Headquarters

## What the source says

> Initial Telephone Notification

## Source

- https://www.epa.gov/epcra/cercla-and-epcra-continuous-release-reporting

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