20.7 Carriage and handling of liquid chemical wastes
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20.7 Carriage and handling of liquid chemical wastes

  20.7.1 Liquid chemical wastes shall be carried in ships and cargo tanks in accordance with the minimum requirements for liquid chemical wastes specified in chapter 17, unless there are clear grounds indicating that the hazards of the wastes would warrant:

  1. .1 carriage in accordance with the ship type 1 requirements; or

  2. .2 any additional requirements of this Code applicable to the substance or, in the case of a mixture, its constituent presenting the predominant hazard.


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