eastern region oil spill disaster contingency plan - Indian Coast Guard

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(a) Tier-I (Small, up to 700 Tons depending upon threat perception).
The equipment, chemicals and trained manpower required for
compartment of Tier- 1 Spill is the responsibility of the port and for the
owner of the installation.
(b) Tier-II (Medium, above 700 to 10,000 Tons)
(c) Tier-III (Large, above 10,000 Tons)
Response Organisation - EROSDCP
1.16. The RCA shall be the directing and coordinating authority to ensure that
appropriate response is made to any incidence in the seas of the Bay of Bengal
facing with the jurisdiction of the Eastern Region.
RCA
OSC
(RPRO)
OCA
(COMDIS/ STN CDR)
DOSC
(PRO)
1.17. The RCA shall appoint a Regional Pollution Response Officer (RPRO) who
shall be the On Scene Commander (OSC) and act as a representative of the RCA
to co-ordinate all activities of pollution response at the area of field activity.
1.18. The RPRO shall co - ordinate and authorize activity as required for the
pollution response through the District Commander (COMDIS) in whose region/
area/state the field activity occurs. The COMDIS shall automatically become the
Operation Control Officer (OCA)
1.19. As far as feasible, the RCA shall depute the RPRO expeditiously as the OSC
to the area of field activity at first instance. In the event of pollution response
activity request being received from another agency of functional responsibility
or an incident within the local area of District Commander, the District
Commander /OCA shall designate one officer as pollution Response Officer (PRO)
for the District who shall act as the Deputy on scene commander (DOSC) and