COMMENTS INVITED ON RE-DRAFTED NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN
The National Contingency Plan for Marine Pollution from Shipping and
Offshore Installations has been re-written and interested parties are being
asked to comment.
The plan is the blueprint for how the
UK would respond to offshore pollution from
shipping and offshore installations. The revisions have particularly focused on
the areas of;
v command, control, communications and
operations
v environment, scientific and technical
advisory activity
v shoreline response and the Civil
Contingency Act Coordination
v waste management
and
v claims and legal aspects of national
incident response
The consultation will run for 8 weeks until 12
November 2012 . The
document can be found at http://www.dft.gov.uk/mca/mcga07-home/emergencyresponse/mcga-dops_cp_environmental-counter-pollution_and_response/cp-con-ncp2012.htm.
All responses will be considered and it is expected that the final
updated version of the National Contingency Plan will be published in the winter
of 2012.
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