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securing the safety of a ship and those on board or saving life at sea; or
     (b) the discharge of sewage resulting from damage to a ship or its equipment if all reasonable precautions have been taken before and after the occurrence of the damage, for the purpose of preventing or minimizing the discharge.

Regulation 10

Reception Facilities

(1) The Government of each Party to the Convention undertakes to ensure the provision of facilities at ports and terminals for the reception of sewage, without causing undue delay to ships, adequate to meet the needs of the ships using them.

(2) The Government of each Party shall notify the Organization for transmission to the Contracting Governments concerned of all cases where the facilities provided under this Regulation are alleged to be inadequate.

Regulation 11

Standard Discharge Connections

 To enable pipes of reception facilities to be connected with the ship's discharge pipeline, both lines shall be fitted with a standard discharge connection in accordance with the following table:

STANDARD DIMENSIONS OF FLANGES FOR DISCHARGE CONNECTIONS

Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Dimension
Outside diameter                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                210 mm
Inner diameter                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  According to pipe outside diameter
Bolt circle diameter                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            70 mm
Slots in flange                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 4 holes 18 mm in diameter equidistantly placed on a bolt circle of the above diameter, slotted to the flange periphery. The slot width to be 18 mm
Flange thickness                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                16 mm
Bolts and nuts: quantity and diameter                                                                                                                                                                                                                           4, each of 16 mm in diameter and of suitable length
The flange is designed to accept pipes up to a maximum internal diameter of 100 mm and shall be of steel or other equivalent material having a flat face. This flange, together with a suitable gasket, shall be suitable for a service pressure of 6 kg/cm2.

For ships having a moulded depth of 5 metres and less, the inner diameter of the discharge connection may be 38 millimetres.

Appendix

FORM OF CERTIFICATE

INTERNATIONAL SEWAGE POLLUTION PREVENTION CERTIFICATE (1973)

Issued under the Provisions of the International Convention for the
Prevention  of Pollution from Ships, 1973, under the Authority of the Government of

..........................................................
(full designation of the country)
by........................................................
 (full designation of the competent person or organization authorized under the  provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973)

                                                              Gross    Number of persons which the ship is certified to carry
Name of Ship  Distinctive Number or Letter  Port of Registry  Tonnage

New/existing ship*
Date of building contact........................................
Date on which keel was laid or ship
was at a similar stage of construction...............................
Date of delivery..............................................
* Delete as appropriate

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT:
   (1) The ship is equipped with a sewage treatment plant/comminuter/holding tank* and a discharge pipeline in compliance with Regulation 3(1)(a)(i)