IMO Manual on Chemical Pollution: Section 3 Legal and Administrative Aspects of HNS Incidents 2015 Edition I637E
The manual aims to provide the reader, in particular on-scene commanders, response personnel, government entities and others involved in the management and/or response to pollution incidents involving Hazardous and Noxious Substance (HNS), with a description of the various interests involved in an HNS incident and its aftermath.
It also aims to assist Governments in the implementation of the Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000 (OPRC-HNS Protocol 2000), describing the obligations imposed under the Protocol and the means of meeting these obligations. |