Alabama, Mississippi, and Northwest Florida Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Area Contingency Plan

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"This charter establishes the Alabama, Mississippi, Northwest Florida Committee pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA90) and Alabama, Mississippi and Florida State law. OPA90 established Area Committees to serve as spill preparedness planning bodies responsible for developing strategies for coordinated responses to the discharge, or threat of discharge, of oil or hazardous substances, in pre-designated Inland and Coastal zones. This Area Committee was established to cover Alabama, Mississippi, and Northwest Florida coastal waters."

Resource via Alabama Coastal Foundation. For more information, see http://ocean.floridamarine.org/acp/mobacp.