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EPA - New regulations to become mandatory from mid-March 2012 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is establishing a No Discharge Zone (NDZ) for marine waters of the state of California for sewage discharges from all passenger vessels of 300 gross tones or greater, and for oceangoing vessels of 300 gross tons or greater with available holding tank capacity or containing sewage generated while the vessel was outside California marine waters.California marine waters extend out to three nautical miles from the baseline. The designation comes into effect on March 28. For more information, click here.Further information can be found in a fact sheet published by the EPA.Source: EPA

New regulations to become mandatory from mid-March 2012 On 9 February 2012 the Final Rule establishing the California No Discharge Zone (NDZ) was signed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Final Rule will enter into force 30 days after being published in the Federal Register. It is expected that the new regulations will become mandatory from mid-March 2012 although an exact date has not yet been advised by the EPA.The new regulations will prohibit the discharge of treated and untreated sewage in an area along the California coast from the Oregon border to the Mexican border within California marine waters extending seawards a distance of three nautical miles from the baseline as determined by the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, and within all tidal enclosed bays and estuaries. The existing California NDZs covering ten bays and marinas remain in effect. The EPA has published a map showing the areas concerned.Foreign flag and United States flagged vessels are affected as follows:Large Passenger Vessels of 300 GT of over, which have berths or overnight accommodation for passengers.Large Oceangoing Vessels of 300 GT or over, including military, governmental, commercial and private vessels, which are equipped with ...

The Isle of Man Ship Registry issues Marine Notice The Isle of Man Ship Registry issues Marine Notice re Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships as follows:The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships) Regulations 2003 implement Annex IV of MARPOL 73/78 - Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships.This Notice provides information on the technical requirements, where Annex IV provides discretion to the Administration, for ships to comply with the Isle of Man implementation of Annex IV of MARPOL 73/78, the key requirements being: Acceptable sewage systems, standard dimensions of flanges for discharge connections and the Isle of Man "moderate rate of discharge of sewage from a holding tank".In addition, this Notice provides guidance on the interpretation of 'special circumstances' in which a new Certificate need not be dated from the date of expiry of the existing Certificate, but from the date of completion of the survey.For more information, click here.Source: The Isle of Man Ship Registry

Any discharge is prohibited unless the ship uses an approved sewage treatment plant - The Baltic Sea Action Plan milestone makes Baltic the first sea in the world designated by IMO as a Special Area for sewage discharges;- all HELCOM countries active in backing up the proposal;- regulations adopted in record time in July 2011The HELCOM Maritime Group proposal to ban all sewage discharge from passenger ships in the Baltic Sea was adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on 15 July 2011. Any such discharge will be prohibited unless the ship uses an approved sewage treatment plant capable of sufficiently reducing nutrients, or delivers untreated sewage to a port reception facility. The elaborate process of reaching the agreement between the Baltic Sea countries, developing the proposal and negotiating it in IMO took less than four years."This achievement is part of the Baltic Sea Action Plan (2007-2021) and I am proud to say that all the nine HELCOM countries were active in backing up the joint stand in IMO. The Baltic is now the first sea in the world designated by IMO as a Special Area for sewage discharges under the international shipping law", says Jorma Kämäräinen from the Finnish ...

Sewage from vessels in Jamaica Bay The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice stating that it received a petition from the State of New York seeking determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for waters of Jamaica Bay.Comments on the petition should be submitted by September 2.For more information, click here.Source: EPA

Facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice stating that it has received a petition requesting a determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for waters of Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown, collectively termed the Outer Cape Cod. Comments on this petition must be submitted by May 31.To view the notice please click hereSource: EPA