Role in BP Oil Spill
The plan places responsibility for command and control in managing serious disaster response with the U.S. Federal government and not a private company like BP according to a 2010 article in Rolling Stone (magazine) about the BP Gulf oil spill.
Read more about this topic: National Oil And Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
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