Oil Spillage Contingency Plan

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Oil Spillage Contingency Plan County Kerry

• Mick Boyce, S.E.E.,
• Environment Department,
• Kerry County Council.

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• Thanks to
• Conor Culloo
• Vincent Hayes
• SEA-PT (Hugh Conlon).

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• Incidents (Kerry)
• Ranga (1980) Slea Head
• Celestial Dawn (2002) Dingle Harbour
• Fidelma (2002) Inish na bro (Blaskets).

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Purpose of the Plan

• A guide to aid in the coordination of response to
  a marine-based Oil/HNS incident
• To guide responders through the actions and
  decisions required to mount an effective response
  to a marine-based Oil/HNS incident
• A guide to limit/mitigate the effects of such an
  event.

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Background Context

• Legal requirement to produce appropriate plan
  (Sea Pollution Act)
• Number of marine-based incidents around the coast
  of Kerry
• SEA-PT and Harbour Board plans already in place.

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Background Context (Contd.)

• County Oil Pollution Officer COPO in place
  (me!) appointed by Managers Order
• Large KCC stock-pile built up over many years
  (TVH)
• Members of SEA-PT
• In-house experience (previous incidents, training
  etc.)

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• Plan preparation options
• Outsource
• In-house.
• Decision criteria
• Budgetary considerations
• Data gathering/local knowledge
• Availability of in-house knowledge and expertise
• Use of standard IRCG format (generic format and
  data).
• Final Decision In-house

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Initial Stages of Plan preparation

• Staff member assigned to prepare the plan
• In-house group established to oversee the project
  
• Internal and external consultations (state
  agencies and departments, NGOs etc.) - limited
  response
• Data gathering (assets at risk etc.)
• Literature review (availability of generic
  material).

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• Format standard IRCG template
• Coverage coastline (seashore) within the
  functional area of Kerry County Council
  (excluding SEA-PT and Harbour Board areas)
• Preparation timeframe approx. 3 months
• On-going review by implementation group during
  period of preparation of plan

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• Submission of various drafts to IRCG.
• Approved by IRCG in May, 2012
• Lifespan 5 years
• Annual up-date/review.

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• Main Elements of the Plan

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• Part 1 - Strategy

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• Relationship with other plans
• SEA-PT Harbour Plans
• Major Emergency Plan etc.
• Roles Responsibilities (including
• Internal command structure)
• Local Authority (Shoreline Response)
• IRCG etc.

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Risk Assessment

• Sensitive Coastline (SAC, SPA, Shellfish, Blue
  Flag...)
• Marine traffic (fishing, leisure, commercial
• traffic etc.)
• Wide variation in coastline types
• Tourism reputation etc.

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Response Strategies and Plans

• What are we dealing with (classification type
  of Oil/HNS)?
• How much (quantification)?
• How will it behave in the marine environment
  (fate and likely destination)?
• How might we deal with it (containment and
  recovery options)?

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Tiered Response

• Tier 1 Background and minor operational spills
  resulting in shoreline pollution which can be
  dealt with by the relevant local authority or
  harbour authority.

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• Tier 2 Small-scale incidents where local
  authority may require mutual aid in order to
  initiate and maintain a shoreline response

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• Tier 3 A large spill where substantial further
  resources may be required and support from
  national government is necessary through the
  implementation of the National Contingency Plan
  (NCP).

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• Training Exercise Policy
• What training is to be undertaken (SEA-PT
  exercises, IRCG courses)
• Training records.

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• Scenarios

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• Part 2 - Actions

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• Response procedures
• Plan activation
• Notification formats (who to contact, when and
  how).

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• Health Safety
• Risk assessments
• Safe work procedures,
• Safety Data Sheets etc.

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• Waste Management
• Options for waste minimisation (eg. removal of
  debris etc.)
• Identification of potential temporary storage
  sites etc. (technical amendment to landfill
  licence.)
• Details of waste contractors etc.

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• Part 3 Data Directory

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• Contact Directory
• Current contact details for all relevant people
  and organisations etc.
• Resource Directory
• Inventory of equipment etc.

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• Part 4 Cost Recovery

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• Insurance Options
• P I Clubs, Standard Insurance Policies etc.
• Financial Control
• Record keeping (what costs are being incurred and
  on what basis)
• Procurement procedures (eg. materials, plant
  equipment etc.).

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• Part 5 Annexes
• Includes
• Copies of neighbouring plans
• Shoreline Protection Strategy (1997)
  site-specific booming plans etc.

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• Issues
• Time-consuming
• Approval by IRCG
• On-going review (keep up-to-date)
• Designation of COPO Deputy COPO.
• General Issues
• Large document
• Do neighbouring plans talk?
• One national plan versus plethora of
  county/harbour plans?
• 24-hour response?
• Training?

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• Inland incidents
• Regular occurrences
• Separate (shorter) emergency response procedures.

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• Short (16 pages)
• Drinking Water Incident Response Plans
• A Field Guide to Inland Oil-Spill Clean-up
  Techniques CONCAWE (1983)
• Need for national guidance!

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• Thank You