Listed below are EPA Emergency Response Program contacts. Icons to the left of the contact information indicate the relevant program area. The Emergency Response icon indicates that the contact information is relevant to both oil spills and hazardous substances releases.

National Response Center

800.424.8802

To report oil and hazardous substance releases.

EPA Personnel Locator

If you need contact information for a specific person in the EPA Oil Program, you can search for the person in the EPA On-line Locator or call 202.260.2090.

Oil Program Information Line

202.260.2342 or via e-mail

EPA maintains an oil program information line to answer questions and provide information to the public and owners and operators of regulated facilities on the following topics:

  • Oil Pollution Act of 1990;
  • SPCC Phase I Rulemaking;
  • Facility Response Plan Rulemaking;
  • Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS);
  • NCP Product Scheudule; and
  • Other questions related to EPA's oil program.

EPA handles calls through a voicemail system that is downloaded daily by contractor personnel. You may also submit inquiries via e-mail. Inquiries are anwered within several busines days. Oil program materials as wells as copies of various rulemakings are made available to callers upon request; they can also be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat format. Questions involving government policy are forwarded to EPA personnel who make determinations and respond as quickly as possible.

Toxics Release Inventory Contacts

A list of TRI contacts is available on the Web at www.epa.gov/opptintr/tri/tstcntc.htm.

State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs)

A list of SERCs is available on the Web at www.epa.gov/swercepp/pubs/sercs.htm.

Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know (EPCRA) Hotline

The EPCRA Hotline is open Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM EST. The Hotline can be reached at any of the following phone numbers:

  • 800-424-9346
  • 703-412-9810
  • 800-535-7672 (TDD)

LGR Contacts

EPA keeps people in touch wih the Local Governments Reimbursement program through several avenues, including phone numbers for the LGR Program Coordinator, the LGR Hotline, and EPA regional contacts.

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