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NRC CCMS ROUNDTABLE

Development and implementation of a regional activity plan for prevention and elimination of environmental consequences of oil product spills

Moscow - Tver City 6 - 7 February 2006

Project specific objectives:

• Creation of a system for revealing oil spills and their notification
• Creation of a system for registration and control over potentially hazardous objects
• Creation of an information system of notification and response to emergency situations
• Formation of mobilization resources of technical facilities and materials for prevention and elimination of oil spills
• Analysis of the legal framework of federal and regional levels governing prevention and elimination of oil product spills and preparation of recommendations for its improvement and harmonization in accordance with international requirements
• Development of cooperation between services and organizations while localizing and elimination of oil product spills
• Study of experience of oil product spill elimination
• Dissemination of the project’s positive experience in other regions of Russia and NATO countries

Activities to be executed under the project:

• Holding seminars for exchange of experience with Russian and foreign specialists
• Approbation of new technologies and equipment for localization and elimination of oil spills
• Joint trainings for localization and elimination of oil spills
• Inventory of potentially hazardous objects
• Risk assessment of oil spills and their consequences
• Development of sample and individual scenarios of oil spills and their elimination
• Creation of a database of the best current technologies, machinery and materials for localization and elimination of oil spills and elimination of their consequences
• Training of the staff of regional and local authorities and specialists of emergency rescue teams and specialized companies taking part in localization and elimination of oil spills
• Development and replication of a sample regional Oil Spill Response (OSR) Plan on the basis of the regional plan of the Tver region

Anticipated results :

• Improvement of professional skills of the staff of the authorities and specialized organizations in prevention, localization and elimination of oil product spills
• Dissemination of information on the best current technologies, equipment and materials for localization and elimination of oil product spills
• Sample regional OSR Plan
• Technical support of the regional centre of the Tver region for prevention and elimination of oil product spills
• Notification system for oil spills
• Data bank of potentially hazardous objects
• Individual scenarios of OSR for potentially hazardous objects
• Sample OSR scenarios for oil and oil product transportation objects

ROUNDTABLE DRAFT PROGRAMME  

First day (Sunday)
- arrival of foreign participants in Moscow

Second day (Monday)
- 10.00 – 16.00 plenary meeting in the Collegium Hall of MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources) of Russia (including one coffee break and a lunch break)
- 16.00 – departure to the Tver region (by bus)
- 19.00 – evening meal from Administration of the Tver region

Third day (Tuesday)
- 10.00 – 18.00 round table in the Assembly Hall of the Administration of the Tver region (coffee breaks, a lunch break)
- 18.00 – departure to Moscow

Participants of the Round Table:

First day ( Moscow )

on behalf of MNR of Russian Federation:
V.G.Stepankov – Deputy Minister (opening)
N.B.Bantsekin – Director of Department of International Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection and Nature Management (chairman)
A.L.Kozeltsev – Adviser of the Minister
A.G.Ishkov – Director of Department of State Environmental Policy (co-chairman)

On behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation:
A.P.Alekseyev – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Counselor of Minister

On behalf of Ministry for Emergency Situations of Russia
Y.G.Shpakovsky – Deputy Head of Centre for Strategic Research of Civil Protection

On behalf of the Security Council of Russia
V . P . Devyatov – Principal Counselor

NATO CCMS representatives
Dr. C. De Wispelare – Head of the Collaborative Programmes Section, NATO Public Diplomacy Division.

On behalf of Administration of the Tver region:
D.R.Kryukov – Governor’s Adviser

Other participants:
V.A.Krivelev – Vice-President of Academy of Geopolitical Problems
I.A.Meritsidi – Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the limited liability company “GeolineGroup”
Representatives of specialized companies and organizations

Second day (Tver)

On behalf of Administration of the Tver region:
V.E.Grabarnik – Deputy Governor
A.I.Miroshnichenko – Deputy Governor, Chairman of Commission for Prevention and Elimination of Emergency Situations and Fire Safety
D.R.Kryukov – Governor’s Advisor
Y.Y.Kovalsky – Governor’s Advisor

NATO representatives

On behalf of federal executive authorities:
N.B.Bantsekin – Director of Department of International Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Protection and Nature Management
A.L.Kozeltsev – Adviser of the Minister of Natural Resources
A.P.Alekseyev – Ambassador at Large, Counselor of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RF
H.I.Bekov – Head of Department of Federal Assistance for Territories of Ministry for Emergency Situations of Russia
Y.G.Shpakovsky – Deputy Head of Centre for Strategic Research of Civil Protection of Ministry for Emergency Situations of Russia

Representatives of regional divisions of federal executive authorities:
Y.A.Chistyakov – Head of Department of Ministry for Emergency Situations for the Tver region
I.I.Ripinsky – Deputy Head of Department of Rostehknadzor (Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision) for the Tver region

Foreign participants
Dr. L. Kerembraun – Head of Pollution Follow up dept. CEDRE, France
Mr. R.F. Tollervey – Head of Environmental Science. Ministry of Defence , UK
Mr. R. Moore – Deputy chief Environment and Safety Officer, Ministry of Defence , UK
Prof. Dr. M. Karpuzcu – Gebze Institute of Technology , Turkey
Dr. K.Thompson – International Economist, U.S. Dept. of Energy , USA
Ms. R. Vesere - Deputy Director , Environmental Protection Dept. Ministry of the Environment, Latvia
Mr. M. Bremss - Deputy Director, State Agency for Hazardous Waste Management, Latvia

Other participants:
A.E.Poluda – on behalf of the Tver branch office of the joint stock company “Moscow Regional Centre for Emergency Recovery and Environmental Operation” Representatives of specialized companies and organizations

Round Table draft programme

First day

Second day

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