Source: https://www.pia-gmbh.com/ga/services/marine-services/323-type-approval
Timestamp: 2019-09-15 05:40:09
Document Index: 732644979

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 159', 'art 159', 'art 159', 'art 159', 'art 159', 'art 159', 'art 159']

PIA GmbH - Type Approval
PIA offers tests for type approval of waste water treatment systems in cooperation with flag state administrations and classification societies according to national and international standards.
An overview about the effluent standards is given in the following table:
* 100 mg/l when tested onboard, 50 mg/l when tested ashore
** no visible floating solids
*** applicable to passenger ships which operate in MARPOL Annex IV special areas and which intend to discharge treated sewage effluent into the sea
MEPC.2(VI)
MEPC.159(55)
since 2003 since 2010 since 2016
BOD5 [mg/l] 50 25 25 Qi/Qe - - 30
COD [mg/l] - 125 125 Qi/Qe - - -
TSS [mg/l] 100* 35 35 Qi/Qe -** 150 30
coliforms [cfu/100ml] 250 100 100 Qi/Qe 1000 200 20
residual chlorine [mg/l] - 0,5 0,5 - - 0,01
pH [-] - 6,0 - 8,5 6,0 - 8,5 - - 6,0 - 9,0
Ntot [mg/l] - - 20 Qi/Qe - - -
Ptot [mg/l] - - 1 Qi/Qe - - -
IMO - MEPC.227(64)
U.S. Coast Guard – 33 CFR Part 159
The Chapter 33 Code of Federal Regulations Part 159 – Marine Sanitation Devices - prescribes regulations governing the design and construction of marine sanitation devices and procedures for certification. Any vessel having an installed toilet facility is not allowed to operate in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States unless it is equipped with an installed and operable MSD of a type approved by the U.S. Coast Guard to meet the requirements of 33 CFR Part 159.
Manufacturers of marine equipment designed to receive, retain, treat, or discharge sewage and any process to treat such sewage on board a vessel may apply to any recognized facility accepted by the U.S. Coast Guard for certification of MSD. PIA is recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard for evaluating, inspecting and testing marine sanitation devices for compliance with US and IMO standards and regulations. PIA is:
Accepted by the U.S. Coast Guard as a Recognized Facility for evaluating, inspecting and testing marine sanitation devices for compliance with the standards and regulations in 33 CFR Part 159 as promulgated under section 312 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1322).
Accepted by the U.S. Coast Guard as a Qualified Facility for evaluating, inspecting and testing of sewage treatment plants for compliance with the standards and regulations in IMO Resolution MEPC.159(55) and in 33 CFR Part 159 as promulgated under section 312 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1322).
U.S. vessels on international voyages may obtain a U.S. Coast Guard Statement of Voluntary Compliance to demonstrate compliance with international sewage regulations contained in Annex IV to MARPOL 73/78. More information is available in the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular No. 1-09.
» Homepage United States Coast Guard - Marine Sanitation Device
» U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) - Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
U.S. Coast Guard Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular No. 1-09
EU Inland - Directive 2012/49/EC
PIA is accepted by the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine as Technical service for the approval of on-board sewage treatment plants according to article 14a.12 of the Rhine Vessel Inspection Regulations (CCNR Resolution 2010-II-27) and Directive 2006/87/EC (modified by Directive 2012/49/EC). PIA offers the following services:
Testing for type approval of onboard sewage treatment plants
Special test to determine the present state of the on-board sewage treatment plant after non-compliance
Inspection for conformity of the on-board sewage treatment to the type-approved on-board sewage treatment plant type
» Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
PIA submits application as Independent Laboratory by USCG for type approval of Ballast Water Management Systems
PIA GmbH expands maritime testing services as Independent Laboratory (IL) and submits application for acceptance for testing Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS) to meet the United States Coast Guard (USCG) requirements in 46 CFR 162.060.
PIA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
IABG Ottobrunn mbH, Germany
PIA is already accepted by the U.S. Coast Guard
as a Qualified Facility for evaluating, inspecting and testing of sewage treatment plants for compliance with the standards and regulations in IMO Resolution MEPC.227(64) and in 33 CFR Part 159 as promulgated under section 312 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1322).
as a Recognized Facility for collecting and testing effluent in certain Alaskan waters from cruise vessel operations for compliance with the standards and regulations in Subpart E to 33 CFR Part 159 as promulgated under section 1(a)(4) in Pub. L. 106-554.
Amendments to resolution MEPC.227(64) adopted
On its seventieth session the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) adopted resolution MEPC.284(70) on Amendments to the 2012 Guidelines on implementation of effluent standards and performance tests for sewage treatment plants. The resolution includes new forms of certificates of the type approval for sewage treatment plants. Compliance with the special area requirements in regulation 9.2.1 of MARPOL Annex IV is now certified on a separate certificate of type approval.
The Baltic Sea Special Area will take effect on:
- 1 June 2019 for new passenger ships;
- 1 June 2021 for existing passenger ships other than those specified below; and
- 1 June 2023 for existing passenger ships en route directly to or from a port located outside the special area and to or from a port located east of longitude 28˚10' E within the special area that do not make any other port calls within the special area.