EPA Region 2 Emergency Rapid Response Services (ERRS)

Provide Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) for time-critical removals and rapid remedial actions with respect to the release or threat of release of oil, hazardous and toxic wastes, petroleum products, hazardous substances, or pollutants, contaminants or fire or explosion hazards, that pose an actual or potential threat to human health or welfare, or the environment. This vehicle will also include the cleanup for incidents involving weapons of mass destruction; acts of terrorism; nuclear, biological and chemical incidents; and natural or man-made disasters. These services are to be provided within the EPA Region 2 geographic area, which includes the states of New York and New Jersey, and the territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Services will be conducted under the authority of Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA); Section 311 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), as amended by the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990; Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) as amended, the National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP); and under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.