f Guidelines on the Use of Dispersants for Combating Oil Pollution at Sea
Abstract
The Guidelines provide up-to-date information on the use of oil spill dispersants for combating oil spills at sea. They are intended primarily for use by Member Governments and other oil spill responders and should be read with the Manual on Oil Pollution, section IV: Combating Oil Spills.(IA569E).
The decision to review the existing IMO guidelines on the use of oil spill dispersants was taken at the 61st session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of IMO. France, in cooperation with Canada agreed to act as lead country through Centre de Documentation Recherché et Expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles des eaux (Cedre) and Department Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).
The guidelines are divided into four independent parts addressing different issues. Each part has been developed with a specific objective and aimed at different end-users:
- Part I – Basic Information on Dispersants and Their Application;
- Part II – Outline for a National Policy on the Use of Dispersants: Proposed Template for National Policy for the Use of Dispersants;
- Part III – Operational and Technical Sheets for Surface Application of Dispersants; and
- Part IV – Sub-sea Dispersant Application.
