Directive 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

10. INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED IN AN INTERNAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN

Internal emergency response plans to be prepared pursuant to Article 14 and submitted pursuant to point (g) of Article 11(1) shall include but not be limited to:

(1)

names and positions of persons authorised to initiate emergency response procedures and the person directing the internal emergency response;

(2)

name or position of the person with responsibility for liaising with the authority or authorities responsible for the external emergency response plan;

(3)

a description of all foreseeable conditions or events which could cause a major accident, as described in the report on major hazards to which the plan is attached;

(4)

a description of the actions that will be taken to control conditions or events which could cause a major accident and to limit their consequences;

(5)

a description of the equipment and the resources available, including for capping any potential spill;

(6)

arrangements for limiting the risks to persons on the installation and the environment, including how warnings are to be given and the actions persons are expected to take on receipt of a warning;

(7)

in the case of combined operation, arrangements for coordinating escape, evacuation and rescue between the installations concerned, to secure a good prospect of survival for persons on the installations during a major accident;

(8)

an estimate of oil spill response effectiveness. Environmental conditions to be considered in this response analysis shall include:

(i)

weather, including wind, visibility, precipitation and temperature;

(ii)

states, tides, and currents;

(iii)

presence of ice and debris;

(iv)

hours of daylight; and

(v)

other known environmental conditions that might influence the efficiency of the response equipment or the overall effectiveness of a response effort;

(9)

arrangements for providing early warning of a major accident to the authority or authorities responsible for initiating the external emergency response plan, the type of information which shall be contained in an initial warning and the arrangements for the provision of more detailed information as it becomes available;

(10)

arrangements for training personnel in the duties they will be expected to carry out, and where necessary coordinating this with external emergency responders;

(11)

arrangements for coordinating internal emergency response with external emergency response;

(12)

evidence of prior assessments of any chemicals used as dispersants that have been carried out to minimise public health implications and any further environmental damage.