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3.0 OIL SPILL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS - §110.6 Any person in charge of a vessel or of an onshore or offshore facility shall, as soon as he or she has knowledge of any discharge of oil from such vessel or facility in violation of section 311(b)(3)of the Act,immediately notify the National Response Center(NRC) 1-800-424-8802. If direct reporting to the NRC is not practicable, reports may be made to the Coast Guard or EPA pre-designated On- Scene Coordinator(OSC) for the geographic area where the discharge occurs. Below are the Federal oil spill reporting requirements. In addition to the Federal reporting requirement, there are several levels of reporting requirements for State and Local Agencies as well was internal(Company)reporting requirements,which are triggered by an oil spill event. Appendix A contains Spill Notification guidelines. Notifications should be made by the Emergency Coordinator or his Alternate. Notifications should be made as quickly as possible and should not be delayed pending collection of information. Supplemental information and corrections to previously reported information can be made following the initial notification. Federal(NRC)Reporting Requirements Verbal When the threshold reporting quantities referenced below are exceeded the Emergency Coordinator or his alternate will notify the National Response Center. Subsequent to notifying the NRC, notifications will be made to other state and local agencies as required. External reports will be initially by telephone. Written—§I12.4(a) A written report must be filed whenever harmful quantities of petroleum substances are released as follows: "A discharge of more than 1,000 U.S. Gallons of Oil into navigable waters in a single event, or two discharges or more of 42 gallons or more in a twelve month period of time. A discharge is defined as a release which: a) Results in released quantities "that violate applicable state water quality standards",or b) "Cause a film or sheen upon or discoloration of the surface of the water or ad j oining shoreline or cause a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the water or adjoining shorelines" When the threshold criteria are exceeded,the Company will submit the following information within 60 days of the spill event to the EPA Regional Administrator, and at the same time to the California EPA and other agencies as required(see Appendix A). 1) Name of the facility; 2) Your name; 3) Location of the facility; 4) Maximum storage or handling capacity of the facility and normal daily throughput; 5) Corrective action and countermeasures you have taken,including a description of equipment repairs and replacements; 6) An adequate description of the facility, including maps, flow diagrams, and topographical maps, as necessary; 7) The cause of such discharge as described in §112.1(b), including a failure analysis of the system or subsystem in which the failure occurred; 13