Guidance

Scientific, Technical and Operational advice notes (STOp notes)

Counter pollution and salvage Scientific, Technical and Operational (STOp) advice notes

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 4 December 2014
• Last updated: 23 February 2024
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  1. 23 February 2024

     Removed STOp note 4/09, which was out of date.

  2. 5 January 2018

     Added notice STOp 1/18.

  3. 21 October 2016

     Updated to provide the latest STOp notices and to removed expired notices.

  4. 28 October 2015

     STOp notices that are no longer current have been removed.

  5. 4 December 2014

     First published.

Documents

STOp 1/16 - Response and Recovery to a Maritime Pollution Incident impacting the UK Shoreline

PDF, 5.66 MB, 46 pages

STOp 2/16 - Maritime Pollution Response in the UK: The Environment Group

PDF, 5.64 MB, 40 pages

STOp 3/16 - Waste Management Guidance following a Maritime Pollution Incident in the UK

PDF, 2.26 MB, 20 pages

STOp 1/18 -Mineral and Vegetable Oil Pollution - Guidance for Shoreline Response

PDF, 1.53 MB, 6 pages

Details

These STOp notices provide guidance on counter pollution and salvage operational procedures, and will be of particular interest to coastal local authorities and organisations dealing with coastal pollution incidents.