Federal On-Scene Coordinators
| - The Federal On-Scene Coordinator is the federal incident commander during an emergency response.
- Federal On-Scene Coordinators are highly skilled personnel who conduct, direct, and coordinate emergency response actions as needed – taking whatever actions are necessary and consistent with federal law to remove the pollution or contamination threat.
- EPA and USCG are the primary agencies that coordinate NCP preparedness and response activities and provide Federal On-Scene Coordinators. Other agencies (Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DoD)) may have Federal On-Scene Coordinators dependent on the incident and their roles and authorities.
- Federal On-Scene Coordinators:
- Are located in and deploy from EPA regional offices and USCG Sectors across the nation;
- Have the authority to conduct, direct, and coordinate all response efforts at the incident scene protect the environment, public health, as well as worker safety and health; and
- Are responsible for developing ACPs and chairing Area Committees.
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