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HAZARDOUS SPILL RESPONSE

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HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT AT PORT

Commandant Bhim Singh KothariDirector(Fisheries & Environment)Indian Coast Guard

• Oceans

• Livelihood

• Rich flora and fauna facilitate growth

• Facilitates means for operating most economical mode of transportation

INTRODUCTION

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• Oceans

• Dumping ground

• Threatened from various type of

pollution

INTRODUCTION

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• Specialised UN agency

• Global standard setting authority

• Develop regulatory framework

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION

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• National Legislation

• Directorate General of Shipping - Maritime

Administrator

INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT ENFORCEMENT

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HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS

SUBSTANCES(HNS)

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HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS

SUBSTANCES(HNS) SPILL SCENARIO

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HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS

SUBSTANCES(HNS) SPILL

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COMPENSATION REGIME

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HNS SPILL COMPENSATION REGIME

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• The HNS Convention - ‘polluter

pays policy’

• In line with international

conventions for compensation

for oil spills.

SALIENT FEATURES

HNS CONVENTION

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• Framework directly administered by the memberStates.

• Benefits all State Parties through strict liabilityand clear claims criteria.

SAILENT FEATURES

HNS CONVENTION

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• Contribution to the fund by shipping, oil, gas,chemical, petrochemical and other HNSindustries

• Ship-owners have strict liability

• Ship-owners to have an insurance

SAILENT FEATURES

HNS CONVENTION

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• Contributions will be based on the actual needfor compensation.

• Up to 250 million Special Drawing Rights (SDR*)is available per incident.

SAILENT FEATURES

HNS CONVENTION

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COMPENSATION REGIME

HNS CONVENTION

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• 2.01 million sq km of EEZ

(2/3rd of India’s Continental mass)

• 7516 km coastline

• 9 Coastal states / 4 UTs

• 12 Major & 200 non-major ports

• Majority of industries along the

coast

• 2.5 lakh fishing vessels

(2nd Largest in world)

INDIA’S MARITIME STAKE

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• Coast Guard Act 1978, mandates ICG

✓ “Take such measures as are necessary to preserve

and protect the maritime environment and to

prevent and control marine pollution”

• Central Coordinating Authority for Marine Pollution

Control in 1986,

• 2002 Amendment to the Government of India

(Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961

✓ Central Coordinating Agency for combating oil spills

✓ Implement Contingency Plan for oil Spill Disaster 17

LAW ENFORCEMENT

MARITIME DOMAIN

• First promulgated in July 1996

• Updated in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, andcomprehensively revised in 2015

• Originally designed for responding to oil spills in IndianWaters

• NOS-DCP facilitates national preparedness to HNSincidents and also fulfils obligation to have in placenational plan to respond to HNS incidents

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF NOS DCP

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20151996 2002 2006 Reprint.

2017

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NATIONAL OIL SPILL DISASTER CONTINGENCY PLAN

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• Mandates

✓ Coastal states – Local

Contingency Plan for

shoreline cleanup

✓ Ports, OHAs and Oil

Installation onshore –

Facility Contingency Plan

for Tier-I response

SPILL RESPONSE READINESS

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• Pollution Response Team at Mumbai, Chennai and Port Blair• Pollution Response Team at Vadinar being established• Pollution Response Team at Paradip envisaged

POLLUTION RESPONSE TEAM (PRT)

• Pollution Control Vessels - 03

• Offshore Patrol Vessels - 16

POLLUTION RESPONSE ASSETS

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• Inshore Patrol Vessel - 42

• Interceptor Boat - 57

POLLUTION RESPONSE ASSETS

• Dornier - 39

• Advance Light Helicopter - 04

POLLUTION RESPONSE ASSETS

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• Chetak - 19

POLLUTION RESPONSE ASSETS

• Boom

• Skimmer

SPILL RESPONSE INVENTORY

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• Spill Spray Arms

• Heli Skimmer

SPILL RESPONSE INVENTORY

TRAINING AND EXERCISES

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• Develop pool of trained manpower for meetingNational PR commitments

• Conducted by PRTs and ICGS Vadinar

• 1894 personnel from both public and private sectortrained till date

IMO LEVEL 1 TRAINING

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• The Indian Coast Guard jointly with AMET University,Chennai conducts IMO OPRC Level II training at Chennai

• 40% of faculty assistance provided by Coast Guard

• 52 Coast Guard Officers and 324 personnel fromstakeholders trained till date

IMO LEVEL 2 TRAINING

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MOCK DRILLS AND EXERCISES

43 Mock Drills/ Seminars

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25 Local Pollution Response Exercises

conducted 2017

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NATIONAL LEVEL POLLUTION RESPONSE EXERCISE

• NATPOLREX VI conducted in Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat

• 19 Units of ICG, Stakeholders and Resource agenciesparticipated

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JOINT INSPECTION

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• Ensure professionalism and standardisation of pollutionresponse technique

• JI undertaken by reps from ICG & MoS and ICG &OISD, for Major Ports and Oil Handling Agenciesrespectively

DIGITAL INDIA CAMPAIGN

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• Provision for uploading of Annual Return and ContingencyPlan through Environment module on ICG website

• Dedicated email id created by Stakeholders for exchange ofcommunication

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INDIAN COAST GUARD INITIATIVES FOR PROTECTION OF MARINE

ENVIRONMENT

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PROTECTION OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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• ‘Swachh Sagar Abhiyan’launched Apr 16

• Objective to extend GoI driveof ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ toMaritime Zones of India

• Synergy towards Goal throughcollective responsibility

• Targets

✓ ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’02 Oct 19

✓ ‘Swachh Sagar Abhiyan’15 Aug 22

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SAMUDRI PARYAVAARAN SANRAKSHAN TROPHY

• Award for major ports

• Evaluation criteria• Phase - I circulation of questionnaire

• Phase - II Inspection of port

• Objective• Encourage ports to preserve environment

• Develop database

• Share good practises with others

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PORT RECEPTION FACILITY

• In order to ensure that hazardous and

noxious substances are not dumped

into marine environment IMO has

emphasised the importance of Port

Reception Facility and has requested

all member states to adopt ‘zero

tolerance policy’ towards illegal

discharges from ships.

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WAY FORWARD

• Need to develop data base for HNS handled by ports

• Developing network of suitable sensors to monitor

water quality and spills in ports and coastal waters

• Developing network of suitable sensors to monitor air

quality in ports

• Creating platform for regular interaction and sharing of

knowledge amongst ICG, Scientific community and

industry

CONCLUSION

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• Collectively join hands to synergies efforts

• Meet obligation towards to preserve and protect marineenvironment and prevent and control marine pollution

• Leave a legacy of clean seas for future generations

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“Cleaner Seas” .....

a way towards

“Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”

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