Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03104:schedule:1:p15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03104
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Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 15/48)
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an oil discharge monitoring and control system and a slop tank arrangement as required by Regulation 15 of this Annex."
The existing text of sub-paragraph (1) (b) (v) is replaced by the following:
     "(v) the ship has in operation an oil discharge monitoring and control system, oily-water separating equipment, oil filtering equipment or other installation as required by Regulation 16 of this Annex."
The existing text of paragraph (4) is replaced by the following:
     "(4) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this Regulation shall not apply to the discharge of clean or segregated ballast or unprocessed oily mixtures which without dilution have an oil content not exceeding 15 parts per million and which do not originate from cargo pump-room bilges and are not mixed with oil cargo residues. The provision of sub-paragraph (1) (b) of this Regulation shall not apply to the discharge of the processed oily mixture, provided that all of the following conditions are satisfied:
     (a) the oily mixture does not originate from cargo pump-room bilges;
     (b) the oily mixture is not mixed with oil cargo residues;
     (c) the oil content of the effluent without dilution does not exceed 15 parts per million; and
     (d) the ship has in operation oil filtering equipment complying with Regulation 16 (7) of this Annex."

SCHEDULE 3—continued

Regulation 10
Methods for the Prevention of Oil Pollution from Ships while Operating in Special Areas
The existing texts of paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) are replaced by the following:
"(2) Subject to the provisions of Regulation 11 of this Annex:
     (a) any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixture from any oil tanker and any ship of 400 tons gross tonnage and above other than an oil tanker shall be prohibited while in a special area;
     (b) any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixture from a ship of less than 400 tons gross tonnage, other than an oil tanker, shall be prohibited while in a special area, except when the oil content of the effluent without dilution does not exceed 15 parts per million or alternatively when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
         (i) the ship is proceeding en route;
         (ii) the oil content of the effluent is less than 100 parts per million; and
         (iii) the discharge is made as far as practicable from the land, but in no case less than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land.
       (3) (a) The provisions of paragraph (2) of this Regulation shall not apply to the discharge of clean or segregated ballast.
       (b) The provisions of sub-paragraph (2) (a) of this Regulation shall not apply to the discharge of processed bilge water from machinery spaces, provided that all the