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National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

IntroductionIntroduction

WelcomeWelcome DomesticsDomestics Why are we here?Why are we here?

National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

Who is this for?Who is this for?

In any incident there is a risk of In any incident there is a risk of environmental damageenvironmental damage

Your/our role is to ensure measures taken Your/our role is to ensure measures taken limit the environmental damagelimit the environmental damage

This means:This means:– Assessing optionsAssessing options– Considering environmental risksConsidering environmental risks– Supplying this information to non-environmental Supplying this information to non-environmental

specialistsspecialists

National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

What we don’t expect!What we don’t expect!

You don’t need to be a marine expertYou don’t need to be a marine expert You don’t need to have detailed local knowledgeYou don’t need to have detailed local knowledge

But we aim to:But we aim to: Give you an understanding of what happens in a marine Give you an understanding of what happens in a marine

incidentincident Explain how you contribute to handling that incidentExplain how you contribute to handling that incident Provide you with a broad understanding of the issuesProvide you with a broad understanding of the issues Point you towards support and further information sourcesPoint you towards support and further information sources

National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

By the end of the workshopBy the end of the workshop

You will know what happens in an incident, You will know what happens in an incident, what you need to do and how decisions are what you need to do and how decisions are made.made.

You will be able to provide support to the You will be able to provide support to the incident as an Environmental Liaison incident as an Environmental Liaison Officer, as part of the Environment Group, or Officer, as part of the Environment Group, or as ‘behind the scenes support’.as ‘behind the scenes support’.

National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training

And…….And…….

We expect audience participationWe expect audience participation Discussions are more interesting than Discussions are more interesting than

lectures!lectures! There is often no right answer, so other There is often no right answer, so other

suggestions and points of view are welcomesuggestions and points of view are welcome

National Contingency Plan – Environment Group Training