Resources & Links

Criteria for Incident Reporting

 What you need to know in the event of a hazardous waste spill 

• Federal Release Requirements - Lists quantities that should be reported and to which agency.
• Discharge Notification Info - Information you will need to report in case of oil or hazardous waste discharge. 
• Contractor List - Contact information for companies specializing in hazardous waste cleanup.

Office of Emergency Response (OER) Fact Sheets

• Media Fact Sheet for In-Situ Burning of Oil Spills.
• Media Fact Sheet for Oil Spill Dispersants Use.
• Information on Tar Balls.

Office of Emergency Response Reports

• Household Hazardous Waste Info.
• Tampa Bay Oil Spill - Information about Florida's largest oil spill.
  • Restoration Plan [PDF - 431.08KB]
  • Tampa Bay Oil Spill Final Supplement [PDF - 2.5MB]
• Natural Resource Damage Claims - claims submitted by Florida to the federal government for restoration activities following coastal spills.
  • SW Florida Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan (DARP) [PDF - 358.36KB] - Proposes funding for wetland restoration of approximately 100 acres of public lands in coastal Manatee County.
  • SE Florida Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan (DARP) [PDF - 410.42KB] - Proposes funding for restoration projects in coastal Martin County and funding for sea turtle lighting enforcement in Palm Beach County.
  • NE Florida Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan (DARP) [PDF - 392.68KB] - Proposes funding for a coastal restoration project sponsored by the Florida Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.
  • SE Final Florida Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan (DARP) [PDF - 590.59KB] - Final Damage and Assessment Plan for the Fort Lauderdale Mystery Spill of Aug. 8, 2000.
• Cooperative Damage Assessment  - Large-scale damage assessments performed through state and federal coordination.

•  Florida Natural Hazards Interagency Work Group- 2018 Annual Report- F.S. 252.3655.

Office of Emergency Response (OER) Contacts

• Household Hazardous Waste List - Collection and management contacts.

Office of Emergency Response (OER) Forms

• Discharge Reporting Form- Notification to OER that a spill has occurred.
• Initial Notice of Contamination Beyond Property Boundaries [PDF - 80.5KB].
• Source Removal Report [PDF - 211KB] - to be submitted to OER when cleanup is complete.
• Emergency Response Contractor's Survey [XLS - 28.1KB]
• Free Product Removal for Petroleum Products [PDF - 16.8KB] - Required when petroleum spill occurs at a facility. This form provides written notification of free product recovery during source removal.

Laws and Statutes enforced by the Office of Emergency Response

• Florida Statute 376
• Florida Statute 403
• FAC 62-780
• Federal Reporting Requirements

Office of Emergency Response (OER) Links Florida Links

• County Government
• Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services (Agricultural Pesticides)
• Department of Health
• Division of Emergency Management - Emergency Management Internet Sites
• Petroleum Cleanup/Household Hazardous Waste
• DEP Regulatory Districts and Maps
• University of Florida Center for Training, Research & Education for Environmental Occupations (TREEO)

Federal Agency Links

• Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• FEMA Hazardous Material Incident Resources
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Response Team
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)/Department of Labor and Employment Security
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
• U.S. Coast Guard