1.1 Purpose
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1.1 Purpose

  1.1.1 These Guidelines and Specifications contain requirements regarding the design, installation, performance and testing of oil discharge monitoring and control systems on oil tankers as required by regulation regulation 31of MARPOL Annex I.

  1.1.2 The purpose of these Guidelines and Specifications is:

  • .1 to provide a uniform interpretation of the requirements of regulation 15(3)(a) (now regulation 31) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78;

  • .2 to assist Administrations in determining appropriate design, construction and operational parameters for oil discharge monitoring and control systems for oil tankers, hereafter referred to as “monitoring systems”, when such systems are fitted in ships flying the flag of their State;

  • .3 to define test and performance requirements for oil content meters and control sections forming part of monitoring systems;

  • .4 to define requirements for plan approval of installations and functional testing of installed equipment; and

  • .5 to provide guidance for the survey of installations on board.

  1.1.3 These Guidelines and Specifications also apply to oil content monitoring systems used for monitoring each individual bio-fuel blend containing 75 per cent or more of petroleum oil, carried in accordance with paragraph 4.1 of MEPC.1/Circ.761. Wherever in these Guidelines and Specifications reference is made to oil being monitored, this applies likewise to bio-fuel blends.

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