The Marine Response Centre

1. The Marine Response Centre SPEAKER NAME SPEAKER APPOINTMENT National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

2. Counter Pollution & Salvage Response Philosophy • Search And Rescue • Search And Rescue - SAR • 2. Dealing with the casualty • Salvage Control Unit - SCU • 3. Counter pollution at sea • Marine Response Centre - MRC • 4. Counter pollution on shore • Shoreline Response Centre - SRC National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

3. Six Main Response Options 1. Dispersant Spraying 2. Contain and Recover 3. Cargo Transfer 4. Protection 5. Beach Cleaning 6. Leave it! ( Monitor and evaluate ) National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

4. MRC – Structure Chair- MCA or Harbour Master if incident within Port limits Environment Group • Membership may include: • MCA CPSO • MCA Logistics Officer • Harbour representative, if a harbour is involved • Officer from fisheries department • Local Authority Officer to liaise with the SRC • Environmental Liaison Officer • MCA Public Relations Officer National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

5. Marine Response Centre Venue & Priorities • Venue - Determined by Chair of MRC (Likely to be at MCA or Port Authority premises) • Priorities: • Assess and monitor the situation at sea • Initiate and control dispersant-spraying operations on spilled oil at sea • Initiate and control mechanical recovery options at sea National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

6. Monitor and Evaluate • If oil is moving away from the shore there may be no need to respond - small oil slicks are eventually broken up by the effects of wind and currents • Informs other response cells • Aerial and satellite surveillance is used to identify oil slicks or illegal oil discharges from ships National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

7. The purpose of using dispersants • Oil spill dispersants are used to rapidly disperse the spilled oil into the sea before it gets into shallow water or hits the shoreline where most damage occurs • Dispersants have limits: • They will not work in some cases, • They are not an appropriate oil spill response method in other cases National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

8. Contain and recover at sea • Dedicated recovery vessels • Booms can be used to contain oil around source • Booms can be towed by ships in various configurations to concentrate the spilled oil into smaller area • Skimmers can then be used to collect the oil National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

9. Role of Environment Liaison Officer (ELO) • Take advice from EG and convey it accurately and cohesively to the MRC • To receive information and questions from the MRC and communicate these accurately and cohesively back to the EG • Provide an environmental perspective to any statements to the media produced by the MRC National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training