북서태평양지역에서 유류 및 위험유해물질 대비 및 대응 국제협력

Abstract

In the Northwest Pacific Region, 243 oil spill and 45 HNS spill over to tons occurred from 1990 to 2008. The overall tendency of oil spills was that small scale, less tan 1,000tons, increased while the total amount of spilled oil decreased. Though oil spills larger than 1,000 tons hardly happen, tremendous amount of oil spilled into marine environment when it occurrs. It is also found that collision represented highest percentage of oil spill causes (42%), followed by grounding (21%) and sinking (20%).As an example, Hebei Spirit incident occurred in Taean coastal area on December 2007. Spilled oil affected the marine environment and economic loss. In the NOWPAP region, Oil and HNS Regional Contingency Plan was developed by MERRAC. The Plan was adopted by NOWPAP members and was come into effect from 2008. As this, each NOWPAP member state is able to request assistance from the other members in the case of emergencies caused by large oil as well as HNS spill accidents.