19 Mar IMPACT REPORTS PUBLISHED FOLLOWING OIL SPILL
As the one-year anniversary of the oil spill at Poole Harbour approaches, two reports have been published which look at the incident, the clean-up operation and the local impacts of the spill.
A report into the incident, undertaken by consultants Hatch, and commissioned by Dorset Council and BCP Council on behalf of the Recovery Co-ordination Group (RCG) highlights the actions taken by all agencies which ensured the leak was contained to prevent long-lasting contamination. It also notes the impacts to the local area through health and community, the environment and local business and economy were very limited.
A further report on the environmental impacts of the incident has been put together by the multi-agency Monitoring Coordination Cell (PMCC) led by CEFAS and the Environment Agency. The summary of this report has now been published along with the Hatch report.
Both reports can be found on our website here:
Hatch Incident Impact Assessment Report
Premiam Environmental Report Summary
Read Dorset Council’s full press release here.