The organisation responsible for providing
advice on the environmental sensitivities is dependent upon the
location of a spill or incident, and it is important to determine
which organisations are appropriate for the area of the
incident. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Natural
England, Scottish Natural Heritage, Countryside Council for Wales
and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency deal with pollution
incidents in their jurisdictions (see table).
Fisheries advice is provided by Marine
Scotland (in Scottish waters out to 200 nautical miles), or the
Marine Management
Organisation (for English and Welsh waters out to 200 nautical
miles).
The contact arrangements in case of oil spills
or other major pollution incidents in UK waters for these
organisations are as follows:
UK Offshore and International
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Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Office hours telephone: 01224 266553
24 hour telephone: 07974257464
Fax: 01224 896170
Email:
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UK waters
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Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
Counter Pollution Officer
Office Hours: 023 8032 9525
If you need to contact MCA outside office hours then the
relevant local coastguard office should be contacted.
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Marine Scotland
UK waters (excluding English and Welsh waters)
24 hour telephone: 07770733423
Email:
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Marine Management Organisation (MMO)
UK waters (excluding Scottish waters)
Office hours telephone: 08707851050
24 hour telephone: 07770977825
Email:
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Scotland (out to 12nm)
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England (out to 12nm)
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Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
John Baxter
Office hours telephone: 0131 316 2610
24 hour telephone: 07774161273
24 hour pager: 07699761509
Fax: 0131 316 2690
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Natural England
Office hours telephone: 0300 060 1200
Email: marine.incidents@naturalengland.org.uk
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Wales (out to 12nm)
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Northern Ireland
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Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)
Office hours telephone: 01352 706635 / 0845 130 6229
24 hour pager: 07699740630
Fax: 01248 385505
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Northern Ireland Environment Agency
24 hour telephone: 0800 807060
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Isle of Man (out to 12nm)
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Isle of Man Department of Infrastructure
Captain Michael Brew
24 hour telephone: 01624 686627
Fax: 01624 626403
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For offshore international waters and
all other waters or if contacts are unavailable contact
the Joint Nature Conservation
Committee.
Reporting oil spills using above contact
list
Fax ALL spills - To relevant number(s)
Telephone or page -
If spill exceeds 1 tonne In blocks wholly or
partly within 25 nautical miles of the coast or in environmentally
sensitive areas
Telephone or page - If spill exceeds
25 tonne in any other area
If you are unsure if the spill is in
an "environmentally sensitive areas", please assume that it
is.
Oil Spill Contingency Planning, Response and Impact
Assessment
Please refer to the JNCC contingency planning webpage for details
of the oil spill contingency planning tool Coastal And Marine
Resource Atlas (CAMRA), and information about emergency
wildlife response including contact details for the Sealarm
Foundation and information about the Premiam project that
is developing guidelines for marine monitoring and assessment of
oil and chemical spills.