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

AddressTelephone
EPA Regional Offices
Region:
11 Congress St., Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02114-2023617-918-1111
2290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866212-637-3000
31650 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029215-814-5000
4Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth St., SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-3104404-562-9900
577 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3507312-353-2000
6Fountain Place 12th Floor, Suite 1200, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202-2733214-665-2200
7901 North 5th St., Kansas City, KS 66101913-551-7003
8999 18th St., Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202-2466303-312-6312
975 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105415-744-1305
101200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101206-553-1200
Coast Guard District Offices
District:
1st408 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02210-3350617-223-8480
5thFederal Building, 431 Crawford St., Portsmouth, VA 23704-5004757-398-6638
7th909 S.E. First Avenue, Miami, FL 33131-3050305-536-5651
8thHale Boggs Federal Bldg., 500 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-3396504-589-6901
9th1240 E. 9th St., Cleveland, OH 44199-2060216-902-6045
11thCoast Guard Island, Building 50-6, Alameda, CA 94501-5100510-437-2940
13thJackson Federal Bldg., 915 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98174-1067206-220-7090
14thPrince PJKK Federal Bldg., Room 9212, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96850-4982808-541-2114
17thP.O. Box 25517, Juneau, AK 99802-5517907-463-2199

Table 2—Standard Administrative Regions of States and Corresponding Coast Guard Districts and EPA Regions

States and EPA regionCoast Guard district
Region I:
Maine1st
New Hampshire1st
Vermont:
All except Northwestern portion1st
Northwestern portion1st
Massachusetts1st
Connecticut1st
Rhode Island1st
Region II:
New York:
Coastal area and Eastern portion1st
Great Lakes area and other portions9th
New Jersey:
Upper portion1st
Lower portion5th
Puerto Rico7th
Virgin Islands7th
Region III:
Pennsylvania:
Eastern portion5th
Great Lakes area9th
Southwestern portion8th
Maryland5th
Delaware5th
West Virginia8th
Virginia5th
District of Columbia5th
Region IV:
Kentucky8th
Tennessee8th
North Carolina5th
South Carolina7th
Georgia7th
Florida:
Atlantic and Gulf coasts7th
Panhandle area8th
Alabama8th
Mississippi8th
Region V:
Minnesota:
Great Lakes area9th
Inland rivers area8th
Wisconsin:
Great Lakes area9th
Inland rivers area8th
Michigan9th
Illinois:
Great Lakes area9th
Inland rivers area8th
Indiana:
Great Lakes area9th
Inland rivers area8th
Ohio:
Great Lakes area9th
Inland rivers area8th
Region VI:
New Mexico8th
Texas8th
Oklahoma8th
Arkansas8th
Louisiana8th
Region VII:
Nebraska8th
Iowa8th
Kansas8th
Missouri8th
Region VIII:
Montana13th
Wyoming8th
Utah11th
Colorado8th
North Dakota8th
South Dakota8th
Region IX:
California11th
Nevada11th
Arizona11th
Hawaii14th
Guam14th
American Samoa14th
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands14th
Northern Mariana Islands14th
Region X:
Washington13th
Oregon13th
Idaho13th
Alaska17th
[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]
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