Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations — 111.1
verage sulphur content by mass Year 1 1.60% 4.40% 2014 2 1.50% 5.50% 2015 3 1.40% 6.50% 2016 4 1.20% 7.20% 2017 5 1.00% 7.70% 2018 6 0.80% 8.00% 2019 7 0.10% 8.00% 2020 Alternative measures (6) Instead of meeting the requirements of subsection (4) or (5), the vessels’ authorized representative may ensure that any combination of the following on one or more of the vessels results in total emissions of sulphur oxides that do not exceed the total emissions of sulphur oxides that would be produced were fuel oil with the sulphur content by mass required by that subsection used on board the vessels: (a) the operation of an exhaust gas cleaning system that meets the requirements of Resolution MEPC.184(59); (b) the use of equipment or materials or the carrying out of procedures; and (c) the use of fuel oil with a reduced sulphur content. Washwater from exhaust gas cleaning systems (7) The vessels’ authorized representative must ensure that (a) any exhaust gas cleaning system residues are delivered to an onshore reception facility that is licensed by the jurisdiction where the facility is located; and (b) if one or more of the vessels operate an exhaust gas cleaning system that has been certified in accordance with Resolution MEPC.184(59), the washwater from the operation of the system, as well as the monitoring and recording of the washwater, meets the requirement of section 10 of the Resolution. Report — the manner in which vessels will be managed (8) The vessels’ authorized representative must provide the Minister with a revised report as soon as feasible if (a) after a report is provided under paragraph (1)(b), the manner in which any of the vessels are managed in order to meet the requirements of subsection (4) or (6) changes; or (b) after a report is provided under paragraph (2)(b), the manner in which any of the vessels are managed in order to meet the requirements of subsection (5) or (6) changes. Interim report — the manner in which vessels are being managed (9) The vessels’ authorized representative must, during the period beginning on June 1 and ending on September 30 of any year in respect of which an election is made under subsection (1) or (2), provide the Minister with an interim report that describes how each of the vessels is being managed in order to meet the requirements of subsection (4), (5) or (6) for that year. Report — how vessels were managed (10) The vessels’ authorized representative must (a) if an election is made under subsection (1) in respect of a period or year, provide the Minister, on or before March 1 of the year following the period or year, with a report that describes the manner in which each of the vessels was managed in order to meet the requirements of subsection (4) or (6) for that period or year; or (b) if an election is made under subsection (2), provide the Minister, on or before March 1 of each year starting in 2014 and ending in 2021, with a report that describes the manner in which each of the vessels was managed in order to meet the requirements of subsection (5) or (6) for (i) the period that begins on the day on which this section comes into force and ends on December 31, 2013, in the case of a report made in 2014, or (ii) the year before the report is made, in any other case. Auditing (11) The reports referred to in subsection (10) must be audited for accuracy by a person who has knowledge of the methods of conducting audits and is independent of the authorized representative. Canadian Air Pollution Prevention Certificates (12) Despite paragraph 122(1)(a), if an election is made under paragraph (1)(a) or (2)(a) in respect of a vessel, the vessel (a) must hold and keep on board a Canadian Air Pollution Prevention Certificate; and (b) is not required to hold and keep on board an International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate, unless the vessel operates in waters that are not waters under Canadian jurisdiction and are not within the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence waters. SOR/2013-68, s