S.I. No. 393/2017 - Sea Pollution (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th September, 2017.

I, SHANE ROSS, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 10, 12, 14, 15, 17 and 18 of the Sea Pollution Act 1991 (No. 27 of 1991) and the Maritime Transport, Safety and Security (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2005 ( S.I. No. 842 of 2005 ) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2011 )), and for the purposes of giving effect to the MARPOL Convention, to Annex II, hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sea Pollution (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 September 2017.

2. The Sea Pollution (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 217 of 2008 ) are amended by the substitution of the material in the Schedule for Schedule 1 to those Regulations.

SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 6

[Text of Appendix I to Annex II of the MARPOL Convention as amended by Resolution MEPC.270(69) adopted on 22 April 2016 by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the Organization]

GUIDELINES FOR THE CATEGORIZATION OF NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES *

Products are assigned to Pollution Categories based on an evaluation of their properties as reflected in the resultant GESAMP Hazard Profile as shown in the table below:

Rule	A1 Bio— accumulation	A2 Bio— degradation	B1 Acute toxicity	B2 Chronic toxicity	D3 Long-term health effects	E2 Effects on marine wild life and on benthic habitats	Cat
1			> 5
2	> 4		4
3		NR	4				X
4	> 4	NR			CMRTNI
5			4
6			3
7			2
8	> 4	NR		Not 0
9				> 1			Y
10						Fp, F or S If not Inorganic
11					CMRTNI
12	Any product not meeting the criteria of rules 1 to 11 and 13						Z
13	All products identified as: <2 in column A1; R in column A2; blank in column D3; not Fp, F or S (if not organic) in column E2; and 0 (zero) in all other columns of the GESAMP Hazard Profile						OS

*Reference is made to MEPC. 1/Circ. 512 on the Revised Guidelines for the provisional assessment of liquid sub-stances transported in bulk.

Abbreviated legend to the revised GESAMP Hazard Evaluation Procedure

Columns A & B Aquatic environment
	A			B
	Bioaccumulation and biodegradation			Aquatic toxicity
Rating	A1 Bioaccumulation		A2 Biodegradation	B1 Acute toxicity	B2 Chronic toxicity
	log Pow	BCF		LC/EC/IC50 (mg/l)	NOEC (mg/l)
0	<1 or >ca. 7	no measurable BCF	R: readily biodegradable	>1000	>1
1	>1 – <2	>1 – <10	NR: not readily biodegradable	>100 – <1000	>0.1 – <1
2	>2 – <3	>10 – <100		>10 – <100	>0.01 – <0.1
3	>3 – <4	>100 – <500		>1 – <10	>0.001 – <0.01
4	>4 – <5	>500 – <4000		>0.1 – <1	<0.001
5	>5 –	>4000		>0.01 – <0.1
6				<0.01

Abbreviated legend to the revised GESAMP Hazard Evaluation Procedure (continued)

Columns C & D Human health (toxic effects to mammals)
	C			D
	Acute mammalian toxicity			Irritation, corrosion and long-term health effects
Rating	C1Oral toxicity LD50/ATE (mg/kg)	C2Dermal toxicity LD50/ATE(mg/kg)	C3Inhalation toxicity LC50/ATE (mg/l)	D1Skin irritation & corrosion	D2Eye irritation & corrosion	D3Long-term healtheffects
0	>2000	>2000	>20	not irritating	not irritating	C – Carcinogenic
1	>300 – <2000	>1000 – <2000	>10 – <20	mildly irritating	mildly irritating	M – Mutagenic
2	>50 – <300	>200 – <1000	>2 – <10	irritating	irritating	R – ReprotoxicSs – Sensitising to skin
3	>5 – <50	>50 – <200	>0.5 – <2	severely irritating or corrosive3A Corr. (< 4hr)3B Corr. (< 1hr)3C Corr. (< 3min)	severely irritating	Sr – Sensitising to respiratory systemA - Aspiration hazardT – Target Organ ToxicityN – NeurotoxicI –Immunotoxic
4	< 5	< 50	< 0.5

Column E Interference with other uses of the sea
E1	E2	E3
Tainting	Physical effects on wildlife & benthic habitats	Numerical rating	Interference with Coastal Amenities
NT: not tainting (tested)	Fp: Persistent Floater	0	no interferenceno warning
T: tainting test positive	F: Floater	1	slightly objectionablewarning, no closure of amenity
	S: Sinking substances	2	moderately objectionablepossible closure of amenity
		3	highly objectionableclosure of amenity

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 August 2017.

SHANE ROSS,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations substitute an amended Schedule 1 to the Sea Pollution (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 217 of 2008 ) which give effect to Annex II of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78).

These Regulations effectively implement amendments, contained in Resolution MEPC.270(69) adopted on 22 April 2016 by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization, regarding the revised GESAMP Hazard Evaluation Procedure in Appendix I to Annex II of MARPOL 73/78.