Section 311(b)(5) of the Act prescribes that any person who fails to notify the appropriate agency of the United States Government immediately of a discharge is, upon conviction, fined in accordance with Title 18, U.S. Code, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. Table 1--Addresses and Telephone Numbers of Coast Guard District Offices
and EPA Regional Offices------------------------------------------------------------------------
Address Telephone------------------------------------------------------------------------
EPA Regional Offices------------------------------------------------------------------------Region:
1......................... 1 Congress St., Suite 617-918-1111
1100, Boston, MA
02114-2023.
2......................... 290 Broadway, New 212-637-3000
York, NY 10007-1866.
3......................... 1650 Arch St., 215-814-5000
Philadelphia, PA
19103-2029.
4......................... Atlanta Federal 404-562-9900
Center, 61 Forsyth
St., SW, Atlanta, GA
30303-3104.
5......................... 77 West Jackson 312-353-2000
Boulevard, Chicago,
IL 60604-3507.
6......................... Fountain Place 12th 214-665-2200
Floor, Suite 1200,
1445 Ross Avenue,
Dallas, TX 75202-
2733.
7......................... 901 North 5th St., 913-551-7003
Kansas City, KS
66101.
8......................... 999 18th St., Suite 303-312-6312
500, Denver, CO
80202-2466.
9......................... 75 Hawthorne St., San 415-744-1305
Francisco, CA 94105.
10........................ 1200 Sixth Avenue, 206-553-1200
Seattle, WA 98101.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coast Guard District Offices------------------------------------------------------------------------District:
1st....................... 408 Atlantic Avenue, 617-223-8480
Boston, MA 02210-
3350.
5th....................... Federal Building, 431 757-398-6638
Crawford St.,
Portsmouth, VA 23704-
5004.
7th....................... 909 S.E. First 305-536-5651
Avenue, Miami, FL
33131-3050.
8th....................... Hale Boggs Federal 504-589-6901
Bldg., 500 Camp
Street, New Orleans,
LA 70130-3396.
9th....................... 1240 E. 9th St., 216-902-6045
Cleveland, OH 44199-
2060.
11th...................... Coast Guard Island, 510-437-2940
Building 50-6,
Alameda, CA 94501-
5100.
13th...................... Jackson Federal 206-220-7090
Bldg., 915 Second
Avenue, Seattle, WA
98174-1067.
14th...................... Prince PJKK Federal 808-541-2114
Bldg., Room 9212,
300 Ala Moana Blvd.,
Honolulu, HI 96850-
4982.
17th...................... P.O. Box 25517, 907-463-2199
Juneau, AK 99802-
5517.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table 2--Standard Administrative Regions of States and Corresponding
Coast Guard Districts and EPA Regions------------------------------------------------------------------------
States and EPA region Coast Guard district------------------------------------------------------------------------Region I:
Maine.................................... 1st
New Hampshire............................ 1st
Vermont:
All except Northwestern portion...... 1st
Northwestern portion................. 1st
Massachusetts............................ 1st
Connecticut.............................. 1st
Rhode Island............................. 1stRegion II:
New York:
Coastal area and Eastern portion..... 1st
Great Lakes area and other portions.. 9th
New Jersey:
Upper portion........................ 1st
Lower portion........................ 5th
Puerto Rico.............................. 7th
Virgin Islands........................... 7thRegion III:
Pennsylvania:
Eastern portion...................... 5th
Great Lakes area..................... 9th
Southwestern portion................. 8th
Maryland................................. 5th
Delaware................................. 5th
West Virginia............................ 8th
Virginia................................. 5th
District of Columbia..................... 5thRegion IV:
Kentucky................................. 8th
Tennessee................................ 8th
North Carolina........................... 5th
South Carolina........................... 7th
Georgia.................................. 7th
Florida:
Atlantic and Gulf coasts............. 7th
Panhandle area....................... 8th
Alabama 8th
Mississippi 8thRegion V:
Minnesota:
Great Lakes area..................... 9th
Inland rivers area................... 8th
Wisconsin:
Great Lakes area..................... 9th
Inland rivers area................... 8th
Michigan................................. 9th
Illinois:
Great Lakes area..................... 9th
Inland rivers area................... 8th
Indiana:
Great Lakes area..................... 9th
Inland rivers area................... 8th
Ohio:
Great Lakes area..................... 9th
Inland rivers area................... 8thRegion VI:
New Mexico............................... 8th
Texas.................................... 8th
Oklahoma................................. 8th
Arkansas................................. 8th
Louisiana................................ 8thRegion VII:
Nebraska................................. 8th
Iowa..................................... 8th
Kansas................................... 8th
Missouri................................. 8thRegion VIII:
Montana.................................. 13th
Wyoming.................................. 8th
Utah..................................... 11th
Colorado................................. 8th
North Dakota............................. 8th
South Dakota............................. 8thRegion IX:
California............................... 11th
Nevada................................... 11th
Arizona.................................. 11th
Hawaii................................... 14th
Guam..................................... 14th
American Samoa........................... 14th
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands... 14th
Northern Mariana Islands................. 14thRegion X:
Washington............................... 13th
Oregon................................... 13th
Idaho.................................... 13th
Alaska................................... 17th------------------------------------------------------------------------ [CGD 84-067, 51 FR 17967, May 16, 1986, as amended by CGD 88-052, 53 FR 25121, July 1, 1988; CGD 97-023, 62 FR 33364, June 19, 1997; USCG-1998-3799, 63 FR 35530, June 30, 1998; USCG-2000-7223, 65 FR 40057, June 29, 2000]