Port of Holyhead Stena Line Ports Limited Oil Spill Contingency Plan Stena Line Ports Limited Station Approach Holyhead LL65 1DQ 01407 606700 Original: April 2017 Contents Preface Contents ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Distribution List ............................................................................................................................... 6 Revision Page ................................................................................................................................. 7 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Part 1: Strategy Section 1: Introduction and Policy Introduction, Safety, Health and Environmental Policy ........................................................................................ 9 Stena Line Ports Limited, Company Health, Safety and Environmental Protection Policy .................................................................................................... 10 Introduction, Policy and Purpose of the Plan ................................................................................. 12 1.1 Purpose of the Plan ........................................................................................................... 12 1.2 Use of the Plan .................................................................................................................. 12 1.3 Area of operation ............................................................................................................... 13 1.4 Identification of the Roles and Responsibilities of Parties Associated with this Plan .......... 15 1.5 Scope of the Plan .............................................................................................................. 16 1.6 Interface with other Contingency / Emergency Plans ......................................................... 17 1.7 Document Control and Plan Revision ................................................................................ 18 1.8 Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................... 19 1.9 Environmental Sensitivities and Priorities for Protection .................................................... 25 1.10 Waste Disposal Operations ............................................................................................... 27 1.11 Port of Holyhead Bunkering Checklist ............................................................................... 30 2 Original: April 2017 Section 2: Training and Exercise Policy 2.1 Training Policy ................................................................................................................... 31 2.2 Exercise Programme ......................................................................................................... 31 Section 3: Incident Response Organisation 3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 33 3.2 Harbour Master.................................................................................................................. 33 3.3 Internal Incident Management Structure ............................................................................ 33 3.4 Internal Alerting and Call-out Procedures .......................................................................... 35 3.5 Oil Spill Management Team............................................................................................... 35 3.6 External Organisations Represented on OMT and Liaison Procedure ............................... 36 3.7 Categories of Incident ........................................................................................................ 37 3.8 Shoreline Coordinating Group ........................................................................................... 37 3.9 Setting up the National Response Units ............................................................................ 37 3.10 Environmental Group ......................................................................................................... 37 3.11 The Salvage Control Unit ................................................................................................... 38 3.12 Marine Response Centre ................................................................................................... 38 Section 4: Response Strategies 4.1 Health and Safety .............................................................................................................. 39 4.2 Oil Spills ............................................................................................................................ 50 Oil Spill Response Guidelines Flowchart ........................................................................... 51 Tactical Response Plans ................................................................................................... 52 4.3 Dispersant Use .................................................................................................................. 55 4.4 Oil Spills within the Harbour ............................................................................................... 55 4.5 Disposal Plan .................................................................................................................... 56 3 Original: April 2017 Part 2: Actions & Operations Section 5: Actions Sheets 5.1 Observer of the Incident .................................................................................................... 57 5.2 Harbour Master.................................................................................................................. 59 5.3 Port Operations Manager .................................................................................................. 62 Section 6: Communications 6.1 Notification Matrix .............................................................................................................. 63 6.2 Communication and Reporting Procedures ....................................................................... 64 6.3 Oil Spill Incident Checklists ................................................................................................ 65 Section 7: Sensitive Areas Response Information 7.1 Useful Information ............................................................................................................. 76 7.2 Sites of Nature Conservation Importance East of the Port of Holyhead (Anglesey District) ............................................................................................................. 78 7.3 Sites of Nature Conservation Importance West of the Port of Holyhead (Anglesey District) ............................................................................................................. 80 7.4 Fisheries ...................................................................................................................... 81 7.5 UKD MAP - 1998 ............................................................................................................... 83 7.6 Tidal Information ................................................................................................................ 84 Section 8: Press and Public Information 8.1 Press Statement ................................................................................................................ 85 4 Original: April 2017 Part 3: Data Directory Section 9: Contact Directory .......................................................................................... 88 Section 10: Resources Directory ................................................................................... 90 Section 11: Product Information Sheet ......................................................................... 93 Appendix I : STOP Notices .............................................................................................. 94 Appendix 2: Harbour Facility Information ......................................................................... 95 Appendix 3: Post Exercise / Incident Report Forms ......................................................... 97 Appendix 4: Ports and Harbours Annual Return form ..................................................... 98 5 Original: April 2017 DISTRIBUTION LIST COMPANY COPY NUMBER HARD/ELECTRONIC COPY Port of Holyhead Harbour Master 1 Hard Copy Stena Line Ports Ltd (Holyhead) Assistant Hard Copy 2 Harbour Master Port Control 3 Hard Copy Stena Line. Safety & Environmental Hard Copy 4 Manager Stena Line Ports Ltd.– Ship Operations and Hard Copy 5 Port Services Manager, Holyhead SLPL - Port Engineer 6 Hard Copy Maritime and Coastguard Agency Holyhead 7,8 Hard Copy CPSO 9 Hard Copy CGOC Holyhead 10 Hard Copy Natural Resources Wales 11,12 Electronic Copy Marine Management Organisation 13 Electronic Copy Isle of Anglesey County Council 14 Electronic Copy Tier 2 Responder 15 Electronic Copy World Oil Fuels Ltd. (T4 Tank Farm, Electronic Copy 16 Holyhead) Welsh Government Fisheries 17 Electronic Copy SLPL – Duty Managers 18 Electronic Copy 6 Original: April 2017 Revision Page Issue No: Original (April 2017) Section No. Remove Pages Insert Pages Date Change No. amended 7 Original: April 2017 GLOSSARY CGOC Coastguard Operations Centre HFO Heavy Fuel Oil HM R & C Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs HWS High Water Springs