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10 Recommendations

The following recommendations are provided within the boundaries of the Terms ofReference provided by the Department.

It is;recommended that.

1. MSQ and the State Com mittee review and update the Queensland Plan, in light of the""' 'cific Adventurer incident ,to ,.._

o include escalated response arrangements to enable joint operations (seesection 11) between national oil spill arrangements and Queensland'sdisaster management arrangements, to respond to large-scale incidents;

o outline how joint arrangements would operate, including combinedcommand, control and coordination arrangements;

o include developing a concept of operations as a key step in responseadministration;

o acknowledge local governments as having a key role in oil spill response;

o articulate a stronger acknowledgement of environmental issues and the roleof DERM at the strategic, operational and tactical levels;

o reference the Queensland Disaster Management Plan under section 1.11;

o modify section 4.1 to expand notification to disaster managementrepresentatives; and

o include reference to the recovery phase of disaster managementarrangements to clarify the transition arrangements from the `clean-upresponse' phase, to the 'recovery' phase including roles and responsibilities,and the resourcing of recovery activities.

2. The SICC membership should always include a representative from DERM (to providescientific advice) and a DTMR disaster management representative; in addition to currentmembers (the SMPC, the Deputy SMPC, and policy and legal advisors as appropriate),even for small incidents.

3. The SICC (DTMR disaster management representative) should alert all relevant`disaster management' stakeholders in the event of an oil spill incident (irrespective ofsize) to ensure early notification and timely activation of disaster management support ifrequired.

4. The SICC should develop a `Concept of Operations' as soon as possible to clarifycommand and control arrangements in a multi-agency response, recognising that eachincident is unique.

5. The role and responsibilities of local governments in foreshore clean-up should be moreclearly enunciated through:

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