5. Multiple responsibilities

5.1 Example of an accidental spill of pollutants into a watercourse

Your administrative responsibility is implemented according to the following scheme:

• your plant is monitored by the ICPE inspector, who has been alerted to the situation by local residents;

• the inspector draws up a report;

• you have been given formal notice to take decontamination measures within a specified period;

• if, at the end of this period, the prefect finds that you have not complied with the terms of the formal notice, you risk being...