EPA's responses to chemical accidents and other toxic events are coordinated with other federal agents as well as local authorities and stakeholders. The Agency's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Program (CEPPO) is responsible for the overall coordination of emergency management for the EPA. In that capacity, CEPPO provides the Emergency Coordinator, Deputy Emergency Coordinator, and Emergency Operations Center for the Agency. Additionally, CEPPO provides leadership for the National Incident Coordination Team. In all of its cooperative actions, EPA recognizes the need for flexibility by allowing the best qualified personnel to lead the response.

Recommended EPA Web pages

• Radiation Protection: National Response Plan
  Provides information about the National Response Plan.
• Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
  OSWER provides policy, guidance and direction for the Agency`s solid waste and emergency response programs.
• Emergency Responses and Cleanup Activities
  This program is responsible for activities that ensure good response measures are taken in communities affected by hazardous substances and oil releases.

Characterization

Contingency Plans
National Contingency Plan (NCP), Oil Removal Contingency Plan, Spill Prevention

Counter-Terrorism
Water Security

Disasters
Fire, Floods, Hurricanes, September 11 Response, Tornadoes, Volcanoes

Emergency Response
Consequence Management, Countermeasures, Mobile Laboratories, National Response Team (NRT), On Scene Coordinators, Radiological Emergency Response Team, September 11 Response, Training

Oil Spills
Facility Response Plan

Poisoning
Lead Poisoning, Mercury Poisoning, Pesticides

Reporting
Reporting Requirements, Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)