Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Act 1987
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Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Act 1987
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2 EQUIPMENT FOR THE CONTROL OF OIL DISCHARGE FROM MACHINERY SPACE BILGES AND OIL FUEL TANKS (Regulations 10 and 16)
2.1 Carriage of ballast water in oil fuel tanks:
2.1.1 The ship may under normal conditions carry
ballast water in oil fuel tanks 🞎
2.1.2 The ship does not under normal conditions
2.2 Type of separating/filtering equipment fitted:
2.2.1 Equipment capable of producing effluent
with oil content less than 100 ppm; 🞎
2.2.2 Equipment capable of producing effluent with
oil content not exceeding 15 ppm 🞎
2.3 Type of control system:
2.3.1 Discharge monitoring and control system
(Regulation 16(5))
.1 with automatic stopping device 🞎
.2 with manual stopping device 🞎
2.3.2 15 ppm alarm (Regulation 16(7)) 🞎
2.3.3 Automatic stopping device for discharges in
special areas (Regulation 10(3)(b)(vi)) 🞎
2.3.4 Oil content meter (resolution A.444(XI))
.1 with recording device 🞎
.2 without recording device 🞎
2.4 Approval standards:
2.4.1 The separating/filtering equipment:
.1 has been approved in accordance with
resolution A.393(X) 🞎
.2 has been approved in accordance with
resolution A.233(VII) 🞎
.3 has been approved in accordance with
national standards not based upon
resolution A.393(X) or A.233(VII) 🞎
.4 has not been approved 🞎
2.4.2 The process unit has been approved in
accordance with resolution A.444(XI) 🞎
2.4.3 The oil content meter has been approved in
accordance with resolution A.393(X) 🞎
2.5 Maximum throughput of the system is...............m3/h
2.6 Application:
2.6.1 The ship is not required to be fitted with the
above equipment until .................... 19...........[31]*
in accordance with Regulation 16(4) 🞎