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Natural Resources Wales carries out the same Marine Emergency function for Welsh inshore 
waters (out to 12 nautical miles) and MMO deal with Welsh offshore waters. Marine Scotland 
carries out the same Marine Emergency function for Scottish waters. Department for Energy 
and Climate Change (DECC) deals with offshore oil and gas incidents. 
In any major incident the MCA takes the lead for dealing with Press enquiries. To avoid con 
fusion or misrepresentation, the other organisations involved will only issue Press responses 
in line with MCA. 
The process for MMO decision making on dispersant use is detailed within Figure 13.1. 
Natural Resources 
Wales have the final 
say on dispersant 
use in Welsh waters, 
and must be contact 
ed before permission 
is granted/ withheld. 
Figure 13.1: Flow chart for MMO decision making on dispersant use