---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 300.324"
title: "40"
number: "300.324"
heading: "Response to worst case discharges."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/300.324"
---

# §300.324. Response to worst case discharges.

- (a) If the investigation by the OSC shows that a discharge is a worst case discharge as defined in the ACP, or there is a substantial threat of such a discharge, the OSC shall:
  - (1) Notify the NSFCC;
  - (2) Require, where applicable, implementation of the worst case portion of an approved tank vessel or facility response plan required by [section 311(j)(5)](/cfr/40/311.md?p=j-5) of the CWA;
  - (3) Implement the worst case portion of the ACP required by [section 311(j)(4)](/cfr/40/311.md?p=j-4) of the CWA; and
  - (4) **Take whatever additional response actions are deemed appropriate.**
- (b) Under the direction of the OSC, the NSFCC shall coordinate use of private and public personnel and equipment, including strike teams, to remove a worst case discharge and mitigate or prevent a substantial threat of such a discharge.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 59 FR 47444, Sept. 15, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 9601-9657; E.O. 13626, 77 FR 56749, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193.