HULHULE-MALE’ BRIDGE PROJECT

EIA for the proposed Hulhule-Male’ Bridge Project
measures. Any such accidents will have impacts on the environment and on public safety. A
sound emergency plan needs to be established in order to timely respond to accidents and
mitigate the consequences effectively.
The emergency plan should be planned based on the provisions of relevant laws and regulations,
the risk assessment of the proposed project, and the physical conditions of the project area. This
plan should be a scientific, realistic and reasonable plan. The emergency plan should include the
following aspects:
(1) Emergency plan should comprise of steps to respond to emergencies at the project site
and environmental pollution resulting from accidents (such as oil spills).
(2) The organization and personnel for emergency
Based on the features of the risk assessment of the proposed project, an emergency
organizational setup consisting of all relevant authorities needs to be established. A command
organization should also be set up with clearly identified roles and responsibilities during an
emergency.
(3) Guarantee for emergency rescue
A sufficient inventory of emergency response facilities (such as oil booms, oil machine and oil
dispersant) needed to respond to the risks identified in the risk assessment of the proposed
project needs to be provided in addition to those required by relevant national and international
laws and regulations. Additionally, during an emergency, good coordination with authorities
outside the emergency organization system could help respond to emergencies quickly and
effectively and minimize environmental, ecological and social consequences such as loss of life
and property.
(4) Emergency communications
A good emergency communication system needs to be established to ensure timely and reliable
transmission of information required for quick and effective response from all relevant
authorities (including search and rescue authority) during an emergency situation such as a
marine accident or oil spills.
(5) Emergency monitoring
An emergency monitoring system needs to be set up in the identified risk areas of the proposed
project to monitor accidents, accurately identify the location of the ships involved in the
accident, to learn about the nature and scale of accidents, etc. The existing over-water safety
Prepared by: CDE Consulting & China Shipping Environment Technology
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