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title: "40 CFR §300.1"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-300.1"

title_number: "40"

volume_number: "30"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "J"

subchapter_subject: "SUPERFUND, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW PROGRAMS"

part_code: "300"

part_subject: "NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN"

subpart_code: "A"

subpart_subject: "Introduction"

section_number: "300.1"

section_subject: "Purpose and objectives."

cfr_reference: "40 CFR 300.1"

title_name: "Title 40"

title_subject: "Protection of Environment"

parts_covered: "Parts 300 to 399"

revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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The purpose of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) is to provide the organizational structure and procedures for preparing for and responding to discharges of oil and releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants.

§300.1 - Purpose and objectives.