Hawke's Bay Regional Council will have its annual marine oil spill exercise in Napier's Inner Harbour tomorrow.
The exercise will be in the Inner Harbour near the Coastguard Headquarters.
"The scenario we will use for the exercise is that a fishing boat has run aground at the entrance to the Inner Harbour. We will be practicing response options to stop any diesel oil spills from entering the sensitive wildlife reserve in Ahuriri Estuary," HBRC Regional On-Scene Commander Ian Lilburn said
There will be no diesel oil in the water for the exercise, but the scenario is for a significant diesel spill in the Inner Harbour, with an incoming tide.
Staff will use the equipment they would need in such an event, and practice setting up decontamination zones.