U.S. Coast Guard and EPA Jurisdictional Boundary Lines, Region 9 Coastline, 2013, U.S. EPA Region 9
Description
This line feature represents the jurisdictional boundary along the California coastline that defines EPA (Inland Zone) and Coast Guard (Coastal Zone) emergency response jurisdictions. With the USEPA / USCG boundary, emergency responders, response support personnel and natural resource trustees can readily identify the pre-designated federal response boundaries of an incident, and the federal agency with initial Incident Command Authority for the response and cleanup. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / U.S. Coast Guard (USEPA / USCG) Jurisdictional Boundary runs from the Oregon to the Mexican border adjacent to the coastline. The boundary was developed from text descriptions provided in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 Mainland Regional Contingency Plan dated March 17, 1994. The Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve was added to the EPA's jurisdiction in 2011.