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Bill Lyons Head of Resilience Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Bill Lyons Head of Resilience Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Today’s presentation Part 1 = Airborne Hazards, Incident Response System for Scotland Part 2 = Review of Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Off site Planning. Airborne Hazards, Incident Response System for Scotland.

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Bill Lyons Head of Resilience Scottish Environment Protection Agency

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  1. Bill Lyons Head of Resilience Scottish Environment Protection Agency

  2. Today’s presentationPart 1 = Airborne Hazards, Incident Response System for ScotlandPart 2 = Review of Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Off site Planning

  3. Airborne Hazards, Incident Response System for Scotland • Why I am here? • Representative of the Project Board • To raise awareness • To share information, engage and listen • Background • Buncefield - December 2005 • Environment Agency Co-ordinated Project • Live – April 2010 – Recommendation 21 • Gap identified in Scottish capability • Good news story • Ministerial agreement • Scottish Funding agreed - £1.2m plus £400K over two years

  4. Airborne Hazards, Incident Response System for Scotland • SEPA – status report • Health Protection Scotland & SEPA worked jointly on submission to Minister for the Environment with assistance from colleagues within Scottish Government (Resilience and Environment) • Minister for the Environment ask SEPA to coordinate this work • SEPA – Project Team • Scottish Liaison Group – Health Protection Scotland. Health Boards, Fire and Rescue Service, Met Office, ACPOS, COSLA, Ambulance Service, FSA, EA and HSL • Second meeting - September • No final decisions have yet been made in terms of how service will look or be delivered in Scotland

  5. Air Quality Major Incident Response System for England & Wales

  6. Air Quality Major Incident Response • Buncefield incident 2005 • Incident Response Gap • Provision of a co-ordinated • system • EA, HPA, PHW, Met Office, • FSA, LA , HSL • By April 2010 • Air Quality Cell will interpret • data for /STAC/SCG

  7. Air Quality Cell: England and Wales

  8. Airborne Hazards, Incident Response System for Scotland • Scotland • Gap, Risk, Issues analysis • Service levels • Location of potentially high risk sites e.g. COMAH • Trunk Roads / Rail links • Distribution of population • Existence of Detection, Identification, Monitoring vehicle (DIM) • Other equipment e.g. – Collaborate or RIMNET or another? • SEPA cannot deliver this on its own • Best value / Shared Service / Team Scotland Approach • Availability of scientific staff? • Glasgow Scientific Services and City of Edinburgh Scientific Services?

  9. Airborne Hazards, Incident Response System for Scotland

  10. Distribution of COMAH Sites in Scotland – Part of Project Risk Assessment • Buncefield Type Sites • Other similar sites • Location of Field Teams • Equipment: vans/hand • held meters • Existing equipment e.g. • Air Quality Network - LA • AQC leadership • Data /incident • management system • Procedures/training

  11. Options for an Airborne Hazard Incident Response System for Scotland • Multi Agency Group established • Membership – wide • Remit - CBRN / HAZMAT? • Role – through accredited science processes deliver high quality data to facilitate public health decision making • Service level – 3 and 6 hrs - Not less than England and Wales • Delivery partners – crucial - dependant upon final agreed option • Processes – will be developed in partnership

  12. Options for an Airborne Hazard Incident Response System for Scotland • Option 1 – Replicate EA Model using Contractors • Option 2 – Develop a new Model using DIM Capability • Option 3 – a mix of 1 & 2 • Option 4 - Other suggestions • SEPA is committed to ensuring that all are aware and kept up to date

  13. Airborne Hazards - Incident Response System for Scotland • Any questions?

  14. Review of Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Off site Planning • Competent Authority (Scotland) • Health and Safety Executive • Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)

  15. Review of Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Off site Planning • Over next 2 years focus on COMAH Offsite plan • Engagement with Industry, COSLA, individual local authorities and Scottish Government

  16. Review of Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Off site Planning • Lord Newton’s Recommendations on the emergency preparedness for, response to and recovery from incidents • Review scope to include • On site plans and how they dovetail with Off site Plans • Off site Plans • Training and • Exercising

  17. Review of Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Off site Planning • Assistance • Seminar • On site plan construction - http://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/guidance/on-site-emergency-planning.pdf • Off site Plan construction - http://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/buncefield/routemap.pdf • Promotion of existing guidance • L 111 - A guide to the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (as amended)

  18. Review of Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) Off site Planning Any questions?

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