The Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/2604
• Sections: 2

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st January 1991.

Section 2

The Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 1987 are hereby amended as follows:

(i) in regulation 1(2)—

(a) in the definition “BCH Code” replace “(1986 Edition)” by “(1990 Edition)”;

(b) in the definition “BCH Code Regulations” after “the Merchant Shipping (BCH Code) Regulations 1987(a)” add “as amended” ;

(c) in the definition “class-approved” in sub-paragraph (a) delete the words “Table 3 of Merchant Shipping Notice No.M.1270” and replace by “Schedule 4 hereto”;

(d) in the definition “IBC Code” replace “(1986 Edition)” by “(1990 Edition)”;

(e) in the definition “IBC Code Regulations” after “the Merchant Shipping (IBC Code) Regulations 1987(b)” add “as amended” ;

(f) in the definition “ MARPOL 73/78” after “as amended (a)” add “and as further amended by amendments adopted on 17th March 1989 by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization”;

(ii) in regulation 30 after “the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 1987” add “as amended”;

(iii) replace Schedule 1 by the following—

LIST OF NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES CARRIED IN BULK

UN number 2789 refers to more than 80% acid by mass

UN number refers to 10-35%

UN number 1114 applies to Benzene

UN number 2574 applies to Tricresyl phosphate containing more than 3% ortho-isomer.

Vegetable oil, n.o.s., including:

Castor oil

Coconut oil

Corn oil

Cottonseed oil

Groundnut oil

Linseed oil

Olive oil

Palm nut oil

Palm oil

Rape seed oil

Rice bran oil

Safflower oil

Sesame oil

Soya bean oil

Sunflower oil

Tung oil

(iv) replace Schedule 2 by the following—

LIST OF NON-POLLUTING LIQUID SUBSTANCES CARRIED IN BULK

Drilling brines:

Calcium bromide solution

Calcium chloride solution

Sodium chloride solution

(v) replace Schedule 3 by the following—

OIL-LIKE SUBSTANCES

Category C substances

Aviation alkylates

Cycloheptane

Cyclohexane Cyclopentane

p-Cymene

Diethylbenzene

Dipentene

Ethylbenzene

Ethylcyclohexane

Heptene (all isomers)

Hexane (all isomers)

Hexene (all isomers)

Isopropyl cyclohexane

Methyl cyclohexane

Nonane (all isomers)

Octane (all isomers)

Olefin mixtures (C5-C7)

Pentane (all isomers)

1-Phenyl-1-xylylethane

Propylene dimer

Tetrahydronaphthalene

Toluene

Xylenes

Category D substances

Alkyl (C9-C17) benzenes

Diisopropyl naphthalene

Dodecane (all isomers)

(vi) add as Schedule 4 the following—

CLASSES OF NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (N.O.S.) SUBSTANCES

Key to Schedule 4: Where a cargo is assessed as falling within an n.o.s.class, the class including any cargo trade name with the principal component contributing to the pollution category must be provided in the shipping document.

Flashpoint exceeding 60=(°C (closed cup test)

Flashpoint not exceeding 60=(°C (closed cup test)

not otherwise specified

Ship type when carried in a chemical tanker

Pollution category

Melting point

Appendix Ill of MARPOL 73/78 Annex II (a “non-polluting” substance)