Contingency plan

Contingency Plan
A document setting out an organized, planned, and coordinated course of action to be followed in case of a fire, explosion, or other accident that releases toxic chemicals, hazardous waste, ...

National Contingency Plan or NCP A plan designed to ensure that resources and expertise of the US federal government will be available in the event of serious oil spills and hazardous substance releases.

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan (NOHSCP/NCP)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
National Priorities List (NPL)
National Response Center
National Response Team (NRT) ...

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan (NOHSCP/NCP): The federal regulation that guides determination of the sites to be corrected under both the Superfund program and the program to prevent or control spills into surface waters ...

The safety case will also detail Contingency plans for dealing with incidents and accidents by assessing all Reasonably Foreseeable adverse events.

As part of the source water protection plan, a contingency plan for use in the event of an emergency is developed. Source water protection for groundwater is also called wellhead protection. See source water assessment.

In the Superfund program, the existence of a contaminant concentration in the environment high enough to warrant action or trigger a response under SARA and the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan.

and ambient air proximal to those waters. The term coastal zone delineates an area of federal responsibility for response action. Precise boundaries are determined by EPA/USCG agreements and identified in federal regional contingency plans.

or accidental contamination. 4) In the Superfund program, the existence of a contaminant concentration in the environment high enough to warrant action or trigger a response under SARA and the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Contingency Plan.

See also: Environment, Table, Hazard, Organic, Contamination