California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 3 - State Property Operations › Chapter 1 - State Lands Commission › Article 4.8 - Biofouling Management to Minimize the Transfer of Nonindigenous Species from Vessels Arriving at California Ports › Section 2298.3 - Biofouling Management Plan

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The provisions described in this section
				  apply to newly constructed vessels delivered into service on or after January
				  1, 2018, and to existing vessels beginning with completion of the first
				  regularly scheduled out-of-water maintenance on or after January 1,
				  2018.
(b) The master, owner,
				  operator, or person in charge of a vessel carrying, or capable of carrying,
				  ballast water that arrives at a California port shall maintain a Biofouling
				  Management Plan to be retained onboard and prepared specifically for that
				  vessel. Upon request, the plan shall be made available to Commission staff for
				  inspection and review. This plan shall provide a description of the biofouling
				  management strategy for the vessel that is sufficiently detailed to allow a
				  master or other appropriate ship's officer or crew member serving on that
				  vessel to understand and follow the biofouling management strategy. At a
				  minimum, this plan shall:
(1) Be regularly
				  reviewed and revised to be current as of the last day of the most recent
				  out-of-water maintenance or delivery if the vessel has never undergone
				  out-of-water maintenance;
(2)
				  Maintain consistency with the components of the Biofouling Management Plan
				  described in the International Maritime Organization's "Guidelines for the
				  Control and Management of Ships' Biofouling to Minimize the Transfer of
				  Invasive Aquatic Species" (adopted on July 15, 2011), hereby incorporated by
				  reference; and
(3) Describe the
				  biofouling management practices and anti-fouling systems specifically used for
				  the hull and each of the vessel's niche areas listed in section
				  2298.6(c)(1). For
				  each anti-fouling system listed, include the following:
(A) Manufacturer name, model name, and
				  product number, if applicable;
(B)
				  Date each system was installed or applied;
(C) For anti-fouling coatings:
1. Include the vessel's final specification
				  document for the anti-fouling coating applied or a separate list documenting
				  the information required by this subdivision. The specification document or
				  separate list shall include the parameters of the vessel's operating profile
				  used for the specification of the anti-fouling system, including, at a minimum:
a. The specified intended out-of-water
				  maintenance or dry-docking interval of the vessel;
b. The specified range of vessel operating
				  speeds;
c. The specified vessel
				  activity level (e.g. percentage of time underway at sea compared with
				  percentage of time berthed, anchored, moored, or adrift), if
				  applicable;
d. The specified vessel
				  operating area or trading routes (e.g. coastal, deep-sea), if
				  applicable.
2. Specify
				  the applied dry film thickness;
3.
				  Specify the manufacturer's expected effective coating lifespan (e.g. 60 months)
				  at applied dry film thickness; and
4. Include a copy of the vessel's
				  International Anti-fouling System Certificate used to comply with the
				  International Maritime Organization's Convention on the Control of Harmful
				  Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships (also known as AFS Convention; entered into force
				  on September 17, 2008), if applicable.
(D) For Marine Growth Prevention Systems
				  (MGPS):
1. Indicate where anodes or dosing
				  outlets are installed (i.e. sea chest, strainer, or other location within
				  seawater intake system); and
2.
				  Specify manufacturer's recommended doses and dosage frequency, if
				  applicable.