eastern region oil spill disaster contingency plan - Indian Coast Guard
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1.6. The EROS –DCP also intends to promote the development of the District<br />
Contingency Plan within the four <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Guard</strong> Districts and three <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Guard</strong><br />
stations in the <strong>region</strong> in co-ordination with the respective ports, offshore<br />
exploration and <strong>oil</strong> handling agencies falling within their area of jurisdiction in the<br />
District/Station.<br />
Authority<br />
1.7. The committee of Secretaries to the Government of India while allocating<br />
functional responsibilities to various Ministries and Departments for Oil Spill<br />
Response in the maritime zones of India, have approved on 04 Nov 93, the<br />
National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOS – DCP). EROS -DCP is drawn in<br />
pursuance of the directives and objectives of NOS –DCP. The ROS-DCP (East) is<br />
binding in its operational phase. Consistent with the NOS –DCP, the Commander<br />
<strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Guard</strong> Region (East) is responsible to the Director General <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Guard</strong><br />
(DGICG) in centrally coordinating marine <strong>oil</strong> <strong>spill</strong> response activities in the<br />
Eastern Region.<br />
Regional Oil Spill Response Policy<br />
1.8. This policy is drawn in pursuance of the directives and objectives of NOS –<br />
DCP. This <strong>plan</strong> needs a review/update every six months/one year and an assets<br />
holding update every three months.<br />
Area of Jurisdiction<br />
1.9. The Commander, <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Guard</strong> Region (east) Regions exercises the<br />
jurisdiction on the <strong>eastern</strong> sea board from the IMBL with Bangladesh in Bay of<br />
Bengal to 180 – Muttam point in the <strong>Indian</strong> Ocean up to the Exclusive Economic<br />
Zone of maritime zones of <strong>eastern</strong> coast of India. District headquarters of West<br />
Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and union territory of Pondicherry<br />
exercises the jurisdiction with as exception of IMBL between India and Srilanka.<br />
Under the District Headquarters are located the shore stations within a state at<br />
the important locations along with coast to assist the District Headquarters.<br />
Objectives<br />
1.10. The objectives of the EROS – DCP are :-<br />
(a) To develop appropriate and effective system for the detection and<br />
reporting of <strong>spill</strong>age of <strong>oil</strong>.<br />
(b) To ensure prompt responses to prevent control and com bat <strong>oil</strong><br />
pollution.
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