9 Plan Approval Requirements
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Marine Environment Protection Committee - Resolution MEPC.108(49) - Revised Guidelines and Specifications for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems for Oil Tankers - (Adopted on 18 July 2003)Amended by Resolution MEPC.240(65) - Annex - Revised Guidelines and Specifications for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems for Oil Tankers - 9 Plan Approval Requirements

9 Plan Approval Requirements

 Adequate documentation should be prepared well in advance of the intended installation of a monitoring system and should be submitted to the Administration for approval. The documentation to be submitted should include at least all the following:

  • .1 a description of the monitoring system. The description should include a diagrammatic drawing of the pumping and piping arrangements, identifying the operational outlets for dirty ballast and oil-contaminated water from the cargo tank area and compatible with the operational requirements set out in the oil tanker's cargo and ballast handling manuals. Special considerations may have to be given to installations in oil tankers which have unusual pumping and piping arrangements;

  • .2 equipment manuals, supplied by manufacturers, which should contain details of the major components of the monitoring system;

  • .3 an operations and technical manual for the complete monitoring system which is proposed to be installed in the oil tanker. This manual should cover the arrangements and operation of the system as a whole and should specifically describe parts of the system which are not covered by the manufacturer's equipment manuals;

  • .4 the operations section of the manual should include normal operational procedures and procedures for the discharge of oily water in the event of malfunction of the equipment;

  • .5 the technical section of the manual should include adequate information (description and diagrammatic drawings of the pumping and piping arrangements of the monitoring system and electrical/electronic wiring diagrams) to enable fault finding and should include instructions for keeping a maintenance record;

  • .6 a technical installation specification defining, inter alia, the location and mounting of components, arrangements for maintaining the integrity of the boundary between safe and hazardous spaces and the arrangement of the sample piping, including calculation of the sample response time referred to in paragraph 6.3.6. The installation should comply with manufacturer's specific installation criteria;

  • .7 a copy of the certificate of type approval for the oil content meter and technical documentation relevant to other main components of the monitoring system; and

  • .8 a recommended test and checkout procedure specific to the monitoring system installed. This procedure should specify all the checks to be carried out in a functional test by the installation contractor and should provide guidance for the surveyor when carrying out the on-board survey of the monitoring system and confirming the installation reflects the manufacturer's specific installation criteria.

Parent topic: Annex - Revised Guidelines and Specifications for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems for Oil Tankers
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