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3rd Croatian NSDI and INSPIRE Day and 7th Conference Cartography and Geoinformationwith international participation (14 -16 Sept 2011)

Marine Pollution Risk and Sensitivity Assessments –GIS option

Željko Bradarić, M. Sc.Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia, Split

Prof. Nenad Mladineo, Ph. D.Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, Split

Marko Mladineo,M.Eng.Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Split

Intervention plan for unexpected pollution of the sea (Contingency plan) is adocument of sustainable development and environment protection which stipulatesprocedures and measures for anticipating, preventing, limiting, alerting and reactingto sudden sea pollutions and extraordinary natural occurrences at sea, aimed atprotecting the marine environment.Sudden pollution of the sea: an event or a series of events of the same origin thatcause or might cause discharge of oil and/or a mixture of oils, and which is or mightbe a threat to the marine environment or to the coast and which requiresemergency actions or other sudden reaction.Extraordinary natural occurrence at sea: natural phenomenon that occurs due toexcess growth of certain sea organisms such as algae, jellyfish and the like.Polluting substance: any substance or a group of substances, including oils andhazardous substances that, because of their properties, quantity and presence inthe marine environment, may be hazardous for the health of people, flora and/orfauna, i.e. biological and environmental diversity.Place of refuge: a place which allows temporary accommodation of the ship (port, apart of a port or sheltered grounding-place or anchorage or other sheltered areathat has been listed in the Plan of Accepting Ships in Distress) in order to provideassistance or to eliminate potential threats to people, ships or the environment.

Intervention plan for unexpected pollution of the sea- Legal framework for making risk and sensitivity assessments -

3. PROCEDURES FOR ANTICIPATING SEA POLLUTION AND MEASURES FOR PREVENTING AND CONTAINING IT

• Monitoring the state of the marine environment,• Proclaiming and managing the especially sensitive sea areas,• Providing the system for the control of marine traffic,• Providing technical means and services for implementing

prevention and containment of sea pollution,• Risk and sensitivity assessment for the territory of activity of

the Intervention plan.

Risk and sensitivity assessment for the territory of activity of the Intervention plan is designed to obtain efficient activities of the Intervention plan for potential pollutions of the sea and to set priorities for the protection and recovery of marine environment, and to define the most adequate measures to prevent and contain the sea pollution.

The county intervention plan a detailed assessment of risk and sensitivity of the area is made within the county Intervention plan.

36. Risk and sensitivity assessment of the Intervention plan area

Risk assessment includes: to determine the area of higher risk of the sea pollution (tankers waterways, terminals, ports,

anchorages, coastal installations and submarine pipelines, potential sources of sudden pollution of the sea, platforms, drowned ships and airplanes in the sea bed etc.),

estimated quantities of discharged oil and/or mixture of oils and hazardous substances and their impact to particularly sensitive areas,

to determine the number and frequency of arrival of ships carrying oil and/or a mixture of oils and hazardous substances, their tonnage and traffic density of other ships,

analyses of oceanographic, hydrographic and meteorological data, presentation of recorded pollutions of the sea by oil and/or by a mixture of oils and

hazardous substances, economic valorisation of potential sea pollution.

Estimation of sensitivity includes: to determine the type of the sea coast (pebbles, sand, stone etc.), presentation of the protected natural assets, presentation of material assets subject to the risk (economic objects, sports and recreational

areas, tourist zones, fishing areas, mariculture areas, cultural assets areas etc.), a list of possible places of refuge according to the Plan of Accepting Ships in Distress.

Estimation of the sensitivity of the area is presented in the GIS.

Sensitivity maps are designed for each county and are shown in the GIS.

The competent authority of the production of the risk and sensitivity assessment is the central body of the government administration competent for the sea in cooperation with central bodies of the government administration competent for the environment protection and protection of nature.

Adria_GIS - as a component in MRCC (MAS)ADRIA_GIS

Project results – Study, Official documents, Regulations, Database and Application

• Study – Places of Refuge - Delivered• Ordinance on Places of Refuge with Plan for accommodation of ships in distress - in

force from 03.01.2008• ADRIA GIS Database and SW Application for selecting and ranking PoRs – in operational

use from 01.12. 2007. (new ver. 01 12. 2008. i 01.12 .2009.)

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Developed DSS contains three modules:

GIS support with

2D and 3D data

Multicriteria analysiswith scenario

generator

Documents andforms

Basic group of PoR according to Pilot (380 bays and 290 ports – places of refuge)

Boundaries of counties and cities, limits of territorial sea, continental shelf, military zones

Maritime limits (navigational units, harbour master’s offices, limits of port authorities)

Existing navigable waterways

Hydrographic characteristics (bathymetric, sediments and oceanographic data)

Climatological and maritime characteristics(accessibility, manoeuvrability)

Ecological characteristics (Sensitivity indexto oil pollution)

Biological characteristics (Biologocal sensitivityindex)

Cultural and archaeologically protected areas

Significant economic and tourist areas and especially valuable beaches

Demographic characteristics (Socio-economic sensitivity indeks)

Transport infrastructure (access by land and sea)

Available antipollution resources and facilitiesAreas assessed as risky of pollution

DESCRIPTION RANGE PREFEREN-TIAL

SENSITIVITY LEVEL

a. Exposed Rocky Cliffs 3 max

Lowb. Rocky Shores, Steep, Exposed 2,8

c. Rocky Shores, Steep, Sheltered 2,6

d. Sand 2,2

e. Fine Gravel, Medium to Big Gravel 2

Moderate

f. Mixed Gravel and Stones 1,8g. Breakwaters (cobble-to boulder-sized

rock fragments) 1,4h. Exposed Tidal Flats (Mixed Sand and

Mud) 1,2

i. Sheltered Man-made Structures (revetments, seawalls, piers, and docks) 1 min High

Method for determinate of the sensitivity index to oil pollution

Presentation of sensitivity index to oil pollution in ADRIA GIS application

Module of elimination functions of the ADRIA GIS application

Risk assessments of maritime accidents of ships

The feedback about Croatian PoRs solutionm: Dominic Stevens [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: pet 27.3.2009 12:17To: Maja MarkovčićSubject: Places of refuge and data storage

As you can see from my correspondence with EMSA below, the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) are looking to find a suitable method for storing the information that we have on Places of Refuge in the UK.

EMSA have recommended the Croatian system as a very good example and I as wondering if it were possible for you to send me a CD containing your database, so that we can perhaps get some ideas for designing our own system?

Please be assured that any information that you are able to send us will be treated as strictly confidential and will not be copied to any other organisation.

Very best regards

Dominic StevensSOSREP Support OfficerMaritime & Coastguard AgencyBay 02/10 Spring Place105 Commercial roadSouthamptonSO15 1EGUnited KingdomTel: +44 (0)23 80329412Fax: +44 (0)23 80329485email: [email protected]

"WOOD James (EMSA)" <[email protected]> 18/03/2009 Dear Dominic,

Your email has just been forwarded to me by a colleague as it came inthrough the OPR channel.

I am amongst other things the case handler for POR issues.

As per your request, I assume you’re looking to further develop your inventory based on existing best practise. I will review our files as there are a number of MS (and non-EU MS) who have developed systems for their national inventories (including the usual chart info, wildlife info, seasonal weather info, access to equipment stores etc etc).

Off the top of my head, the Croatian system - this is also the most recent, was visually well presented - may be a good starting point.

I am not in a position to send you their CD, but the person to contact is Maja of the Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development (MSTTD )who has developed software in cooperation between the Croatian Hydrographic Institute and the Faculty of Maritime Studies of Rijeka.This support tool appears to be an important tool for determining places of refuge: the whole Croatian coastline has been mapped and more than 380 places of refuge indicated, categorised according to availability of equipment, transport means and several factors. Any time a potential hazardous situation occurs in the Croatian waters and registered at the MRCC in Rijeka, the software allows the decision maker to chose among a list of available places of refuge each with a specific coefficient.

Maja’s details are as follows:Maja Markovčić [[email protected]]Phone: +385 (0)1 6169 025Fax.: +385 (0)1 6195 956Prisavlje 14, 10 000 Zagreb, CROATIA

All the best, and hello to Hugh,JamesJames WoodAssistant to the DirectorBureau of the Executive Director

European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)Av. Dom João II, Lote 1.06.2.51998-001 Lisbon, PortugalTel: +351 21 1209 220Fax: +351 21 1209 212http://www.emsa.europa.eu <http://www.emsa.europa.eu>

--------------------------- Originalna poruka ----------------------------Naslov: Re: contact REMPEC meetingŠalje: "Stefan MICALLEF" <[email protected]>Datum: Pet, svibanj 22, 2009 1:29 pmPrima: "Nenad Mladineo" <[email protected]>Cc: "Ivaylo Valev" <[email protected]>

"Malamine Thiam" <[email protected]>"Natalia Martini" <[email protected]>"Patricia Charlebois" <[email protected]>

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Dear Prof Mladineo

Thank you for your emails and please excuse my delay in response,however I have been on mission once again since my return from theREMPEC's Focal Points' meeting and preparations for our next MEPCsession are now in full swing. I have had a look at the CD you providedme containing the presentation on the decision-making procedure duringmarine accidents with potential for oil spill. I found this project veryinteresting however on reflection I should explain that IMO and morespecifically the Marine Environment Division's involvement in technicalcooperation projects concentrate with building capacities of maritimeadministrations and does not get involved in systems development as theone you shown. In principle this same would apply to IMO's integratedtechnical cooperation programme. That said I am copying this to Mr.Ivaylo Valev who is the geographical focal point for Croatia withinthe Technical Cooperation Division who might have some have some ideasto share with you.

Kind regards-------------------------------------------------------Stefan MicallefDeputy Director, Sub-division for Pollution Response andTechnical Co-operation Co-ordinationMarine Environment DivisionInternational Maritime Organization4, Albert EmbankmentLondon SE1 7SRTel: +44 207 735 7611Tel: +44 207 587 3142 (direct)Fax: +44 207 587 3210email: [email protected]

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Conclusions1. None of the participants of the completed Place of refuge project should

not participate in any new business/project within which the obligor of the Risk and Sensitivity Assessment would receive and pay for what was already paid by the government budget, or at which some other entity is engaged being financed from the government budget.

2. If within the AGA there is not the contents required by the obligor of RSA then it might be considered as a new task. For instance, this may refer to the production of sensitivity charts of the coast outside the areas of potential PoR and risk assessments at the globally recommended/known methodology.

3. Even if there is need for additional tasks as stated under item 2 hereof, it would be wrong in terms of methodology that the tasks are performed at the county level then integrate individual systems into a unique one at national level.

4. Such individual and partial approach would create the problem of data integration due to different methodological approach and different data models, resulting in absence of the unique solution for all coastal counties and satisfactory solution at national level.

5. A need for integrative processes had been identified in the manner of inverse order, and such a manner that would integrate the existing AGA and other operating IT systems, register and decision-making support into a unique system of integrated management in emergency and crisis situation at sea.

Recommendations1. As a short-term and currently possible functional solution, to introduce the

the authorised entities (MMPI and MZOPUG) with the issue in terms of the research results.

2. To indicate the need to agree and stipulate the mutual use of the existing Adria GIS application during PoR procedure.

3. AGA would also be used by the Headquarter and County Operating Centres during the Intervention plan procedures and also during the procedures at regional (Adriatic) level.

4. Formal and legal solution of the proposal 2 and 3 may be realised by amending item 35 of the current IP adding a new paragraph stating Adria GIS application.

5. The CHI and immediate users are conceded the right to define the manner (in terms of organisation and technology) that would enable the agreed use of the existing solution i.e. the part of the contents and functions of the AG application.

6. The agreed use of data is a model of procedures in compliance to the INSPIRE directives and related national regulations and could be implemented in case of granting the use of the CHI data and the use of data owned by other data owners within the existing Adria GIS application.

7. On long-term basis, especially in relation to risk assessment activities, it is necessary to propose to the competent bodies to approve the production of the pre-feasibility and feasibility studies.