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What does OSC stand for?

On-Scene Coordinator


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Official Supporters Club (fan clubs)
Official Supporting Committee
Ogden Service Center
Ohio Supercomputer Center
Ohio Supreme Court (judiciary)
Oil Spill Commission
Oklahoma State Cowboys (Oklahoma State University; Stillwater, OK)
Old State Capitol (Louisiana)
Olympic Sports Club
On-Scene Commander
On-Site Certification (various organizations)
Oncological Sciences Center (Purdue University; Indiana)
One Step Closer
Oneway Subjourney Check for Normal Fares (airfare construction)
Online Service Centre
Online Sexual Compulsivity
Online Support Center (various organizations)
Online Support Community (various organizations)
Onshore Slug Catcher
Ontario Science Centre (Canada)



Samples in periodicals archive:
ETCorp will bring the GPAC System to the US in response to a personal invitation from Richard Martyn, a Federal On-Scene Coordinator with over 20 years emergency response experience with the USEPA.
I've done removals where there is an investigation, but I've never done one where there's an upcoming trial," said Dan Heister of the EPA's Emergency Response Unit in Portland, the on-scene coordinator who is heading the cleanup efforts and whose territory covers Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska.
By Sunday evening, with floating booms in place to contain and absorb the oil sludge, it appeared no fish or animals had been harmed by the spill, said Jim Mitchell, an on-scene coordinator for the U.
Upon notification by the State of Tennessee and the National Response Center, an EPA On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) was sent to the site.
The EPA's Emergency Response Team Center (ERTC), located in Edison, New Jersey, provides services to support the Office of Emergency and Remedial Response and their project managers, on-scene coordinators, as well as other agency groups in the area of hazardous material and spills control.
EPA provides the predesignated Federal On-Scene Coordinator for inland areas and the USCG for coastal areas to coordinate containment, removal, and disposal efforts and resources during an oil, hazardous substance, or WMD incident.
Robbins, who served as the cleanup's initial, federal on-scene coordinator.
Oil spills supervised by a Federal approved On-Scene Coordinator can immediately accept or reject the cleanup materials being used.

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