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INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION

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MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

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59th session Agenda item 2 MEPC 59/INF.20 7 May 2009

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HARMFUL AQUATIC ORGANI SMS IN BALLAST WATER

Type Approval of the Hyde GUARDIAN TM Ballast Water Management System

Submitted by the United Kingdom

SUMMARY

Executive summary: This document provides a notifi cation to the Organization by the United Kingdom that it has type approved the Hyde GUARDIAN TM
ballast water management system in accordance with the “Guidelines for approval of ballast water management systems (G8)”, in compliance with regulation D-3.1 of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water

and Sediments 2004

Strategic direction: 7.1 and 13

High-level action: 7.1.2 and 13.3

Planned output: 7.1.2.3 and 13.3.1.1

Action to be taken: Paragraph 7

Related document: MEPC 58/23

Introduction

1 Regulation D-3.1 of the International C onvention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments stipulates that ballast water management systems must be approved by the Administration taking into acco unt guidelines developed by the Organization.

2 The Government of the United Kingdom wishes to notify the Committee of its decision to type approve the Hyde GUARDIAN TM ballast water management system.

3 The United Kingdom’s competent authorit y, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, has verified the application dossier submitted by Hyde Marine Inc. for the Hyde GUARDIAN TM and considers the system to satisfy the requirements of the Guidelines for approval of ballast wa ter management systems (G8) adopted byMEPC 59/INF.20 - 2 -

I:\MEPC\59\INF-20.doc resolution MEPC.174(58). Specifically, the Unite d Kingdom considers that the application dossier, including the Environmental Acceptab ility Evaluation, has demonstrated that the system does not make use of an Active Substance.

4 Testing of the Hyde GUARDIAN TM ballast water management system was undertaken in 2008. Land-based tests were undertaken by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) between April and July 2008, a nd shipboard trials conducted on board the Princess Cruise Lines ship M.V. Coral Princess with testing and an alysis undertaken by the University of Maryland (United States), between April and October 2008. Both land and shipboard test methodologies and results are ava ilable to be downloaded from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s website (see paragraph 6.4).

5 The United Kingdom has delegated the type approval of ballast water management systems under Guidelines (G8) to its recognized organizations. The Type Approval Certificate for the Hyde GUARDIAN TM system has been issued on behalf of the United Kingdom Administration by the Lloyd’s Register.

6 In accordance with resolution MEPC.175(58) “Informa tion reporting on type approved ballast water management systems”, th e following information is provided:

.1 Approval date: 29 April 2009;

.2 Name of the Administrati on: Government of the Unite d Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

.3 Name of the BWMS: Hyde GUARDIAN TM ; and

.4 A copy of the Type Approval Certificate and summary of test results can be found

at the annex to this document. The fu ll reports for the land-based testing and shipboard trials, including ecotoxicologi cal test results, can be downloaded from the following internet site: http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07- home/shipsandcargoes/mcga-envi ronment/dms-ballastwater.htm

Action requested of the Committee

7 The Committee is invited to note the in formation contained in this document.

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