AMSA MO 2011/6
Marine Orders Part 97 Amendment (No. 1) (Marine pollution prevention — air pollution)
I, Graham Peachey, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, make this Order under subsection 425 (1AA) of the Navigation Act 1912.
Graham Peachey
Chief Executive Officer
22.8. 2011
 
1          Name of Order
                 This Order is Marine Orders Part 97 Amendment  (No. 1).
2          Commencement
                 This Order commences as follows:
(a)   on 1 September 2011 — sections 1 to 3 and Schedule 1;
(b)   immediately after Schedule 1 — Schedule 2;
(c)   on the commencement of Marine Order 1, issue 2 — Schedule 3.
3          Amendment of Marine Orders Part 97
                 Schedules 1 to 3 amend Marine Orders Part 97, issue 1.
Schedule 1    Amendments commencing first
(section 3)
[1]       Provision 2, after definition of MARPOL
insert
Navigation Act means the Navigation Act 1912.
[2]       Provision 2, definition of the Navigation Act
omit
[3]       Provisions 12.2, 12.3, 12.4 and 12.5
re-number as provisions 12.4, 12.5, 12.6 and 12.7
Schedule 2    Amendments commencing immediately after Schedule 1
(section 3)
[1]       Before provision 1
insert
1A       Name of Order
                 This Order is Marine Orders Part 97, issue 1.
[2]       Paragraph 1.2.2 (c)
omit
the Act.
insert
the Pollution Prevention Act, any other Act or any instrument made under any other Act.
[3]       Provision 2, after definition of Navigation Act
insert
North American area means the North American Emission Control Area as defined in Appendix VII to Annex VI.
[4]       Provision 2, definition of Manager, Ship Inspections
substitute
Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration means:
(a)   the person occupying the position of Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration in AMSA; or
(b)   for a particular purpose under this Part — a suitably qualified person authorised by the Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration for that purpose.
[5]       Provision 2, definition of MARPOL, at the foot
insert
Note   As at 1 September 2011, MARPOL 73/78 was available in a Consolidated Edition, 2006, published by IMO, as amended by IMO Resolutions MEPC.141(54), MEPC.143(54), MEPC.154(55), MEPC.156(55), MEPC.164(56), MEPC.176(58), MEPC.186(59), MEPC.187(59), MEPC.189(60), MEPC.190(60), MEPC.193(61) and MEPC.194(61).
[6]       Provision 2, definition of survey authority, at the foot
insert
Note   A list of approved survey authorities is available on AMSA’s website: http://www.amsa.gov.au.
[7]       Provision 3.2
omit
[8]       Provision 6.1.4
after
in writing
insert
to the person
[9]       Provision 9
substitute
9          Nitrogen oxides
[MARPOL VI-13]
9.1       Scope
                 Provisions 9.2 and 9.3 apply to the operation of a marine diesel engine to which:
(a)   Annex VI, regulation 13, applies; and
(b)   provision 9.4, 9.5 or 9.6 does not apply.
9.2       General rule about emission levels
    9.2.1     A person may operate a marine diesel engine installed on a ship of a kind mentioned in the following table only if the total weighted emissions of nitrogen oxides from the engine is within the limits mentioned in the table for the item.
Item
Kind of ship
Limits of emissions

1
Ship constructed after 31 December 1999 and before 1 January 2011
(a)   for n < 130 rpm — 17.0 g per kWh;
(b)  for 2 000 rpm > n ≥130 rpm — 45.0 × n(-0.2) g per kWh;
(c)   for n ≥ 2 000 — 9.8 g per kWh

Note   Item 1 reflects requirements called Tier 1 requirements in MARPOL, Annex VI, r 13.

2
Ship constructed after 31 December 2010 other than a ship to which item 3 applies
(a)   for n < 130 rpm — 14.4 g per kWh;
(b)  for 2 000 rpm > n ≥130 rpm — 44.0 × n(-0.23) g per kWh;
(c)   for n ≥ 2 000 — 7.7 g per kWh

Note   Item 2 reflects requirements called Tier 2 requirements in MARPOL, Annex VI, r 13.

3
Ship constructed after 31 December 2015 that is within an emission control area
(a)   for n < 130 rpm — 3.4 g per kWh;
(b)  for 2 000 rpm > n ≥130 rpm — 9.0 × n(-0.2) g per kWh;
(c)   for n ≥ 2 000 — 2.0 g per kWh

Note   Item 3 reflects requirements called Tier 3 requirements in MARPOL, Annex VI, r 13.

This is a penal provision.
    9.2.2     In provision 9.2.1:
emission control area means the North American area.
n, for a marine diesel engine, is the rated engine speed (in crankshaft revolutions per minute).
9.3       Large engines installed on ships constructed after 31 December 1989 and before 1 January 2000
    9.3.1     Provision 9.3.2 applies to a marine diesel engine:
(a)   with a power output of more than 5 000 kilowatts; and
(b)   with a displacement of at least 90 litres per cylinder; and
(c)   installed on a ship constructed after 31 December 1989 and before 1 January 2000.
    9.3.2     A person may operate the marine diesel engine only if the total weighted emissions of nitrogen oxides from the engine is within the following limits:
(a)   for n < 130 rpm — 17.0 g per kWh;
(b)   for 2 000 rpm > n ≥130 rpm  — 45.0 × n(-0.2) g per kWh;
(c)   for n ≥ 2 000 — 9.8 g per kWh.
This is a penal provision.
    9.3.3     In provision 9.3.2:
n, for a marine diesel engine, is the rated engine speed (in crankshaft revolutions per minute).
    9.3.4     Provision 9.3.2 does not apply to a marine diesel engine installed on a ship if:
(a)   no method of modifying the engine in accordance with the NOx Technical Code has been approved by a country to which Annex VI applies and notified to IMO; or
(b)   both:
             (i)  a method of modifying the engine in accordance with the NOx Technical Code has been approved by a country to which Annex VI applies and notified to IMO; and
            (ii)  either:
(A)    the ship has not been required to undergo a renewal survey within 12 months after the day of the notification; or
(B)    the Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration has certified that a method of modifying the engine is not commercially available.
Note   Information on methods of modifying engines that have been approved by IMO is obtainable from AMSA.
9.4       Engines in certain ships not undertaking overseas voyages — general rule does not apply
    9.4.1     Item 1 in the table in provision 9.2.1 and provision 9.3.2 do not apply to a marine diesel engine installed in an Australian ship that:
(a)   was constructed or underwent a major conversion (within the meaning of paragraph 2.1 of regulation 13 in Annex VI) before 10 November 2007; and
(b)   does not undertake overseas voyages.
Note for paragraph (a)   Annex VI entered into force for Australia on 10 November 2007.
    9.4.2     Item 2 in the table in provision 9.2.1 and provision 9.3.2 do not apply to a marine diesel engine installed in an Australian ship that:
(a)   was constructed or underwent a major conversion (within the meaning of regulation 2.1 in Annex VI) before 1 January 2011; and
(b)   does not undertake overseas voyages.
9.5       Exhaust gas cleaning system — general rule does not apply
    9.5.1     Provisions 9.2.1 and 9.3.1 do not apply to a marine diesel engine if an exhaust gas cleaning system approved by the Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration in accordance with the NOx Technical Code, is operating on the ship to reduce onboard emissions of nitrogen oxides at least to the limit mentioned for the engine in those provisions.
9.6       Other circumstances in which general rule does not apply
    9.6.1     Provisions 9.2 and 9.3 do not apply to a marine diesel engine having an emission of nitrogen oxides exceeding the limit mentioned for the engine in those provisions if the excess emission:
(a)   is necessary for securing the safety of a ship or saving life at sea; or
(b)   is a result of unintentional damage to the ship or its equipment, and all reasonable precautions have been taken after the occurrence of the damage or the discovery of the emission, to prevent or minimise the emission.
    9.6.2     For paragraph 9.6.1 (b), damage to a ship or its equipment is not unintentional if:
(a)   the master or owner of the ship acted:
             (i)  with intent to cause the damage; or
            (ii)  recklessly and with knowledge that the damage would probably result; or
(b)   the damage was a result of the negligence of the master or owner of the ship.
[10]     Provision 12.1
substitute
12.1     Sulphur content of fuel oil — prescribed limits generally
  12.1.1     For paragraphs 26FEG (1) (b) and (2) (a) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the following limits are prescribed for the sulphur content of fuel oil mentioned in those paragraphs:
(a)   before 1 January 2012— 4.50% m/m;
(b)   after 31 December 2011 and before 1 January 2020 — 3.50% m/m;
(c)   after 31 December 2019 — 0.50% m/m.
  12.1.2     For subparagraphs 26FEG (5) (b) (i) and (6) (b) (i) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration is a prescribed officer.
12.2     Sulphur content for fuel oil — prescribed limits for Australian ships in emission control area
  12.2.1     For paragraph 26FEH (4) (a) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the following limits are prescribed for the sulphur content of fuel oil mentioned in that paragraph:
(a)   before 1 January 2015 — 1.00% m/m;
(b)   after 31 December 2014 — 0.10% m/m.
Note   emission control area is an expression used in Annex VI and so, because of s 26FEF (2) of the Pollution Prevention Act, has the same meaning in this Order as in Annex VI.  (Annex VI incorporates definitions set out elsewhere in MARPOL.)  Details of emission control areas (as at 1 September 2011) are shown in the following table.
Name of area
Meaning
Defining provision in MARPOL

Baltic Sea area
The Baltic Sea proper with the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland and the entrance to the Baltic Sea bounded by the parallel of the Skaw in the Skagerrak at 57° 44´.8 N
Annex I, r 1.11.2

North American area
[Too lengthy to reproduce here]
Annex VI, Appendix VII

North Sea area
The North Sea proper including the seas within, with the following boundaries:
(a)    the North Sea south of latitude 62° N and east of longitude 4° W;
(b)    the Skagerrak, the southern limit of which is determined east of the Skaw by latitude 57° 44´.8 N;
(c)    the English Channel and its approaches east of longitude 5° W and north of latitude 48° 30´N
Annex V, r 5 (1) (f)

 
  12.2.2     For subparagraphs 26FEH (4) (b) (i) and (9) (b) (i) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration is a prescribed officer.
Note   When determining whether to approve an exhaust gas cleaning system, or other technological method under subparagraph 26FEH (4) (b) (i) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the Manager, Ship Inspections will have regard to IMO Resolution MEPC.170(57): Guidelines for exhaust gas-SOx cleaning systems.
  12.2.3     For subparagraph 26FEH (4) (b) (ii) of the Pollution Prevention Act, a waste stream may be discharged into an enclosed port, harbour or estuary only if it is documented by the ship that the waste stream has no adverse impact on the ecosystem of the enclosed port, harbour or estuary.
Note   Criteria for individual ports, harbours and estuaries will be developed by port authorities and circulated by IMO.  Copies of any criteria can be obtained from AMSA.
12.3     Flushing fuel oil service systems
                 For paragraph 26FEI (1) (d) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the following limits are prescribed for the sulphur content of fuel oil mentioned in that paragraph:
(a)   before 1 January 2015 — 1.00% m/m;
(b)   after 31 December 2014 — 0.10% m/m.
[11]     Paragraph 12.5.1 (a)
omit
12.3.2; and
insert
12.5.2; and
[12]     Paragraph 12.5.1 (b)
omit
12.3.3,
insert
12.5.3;
[13]     After provision 12.7
insert
12.8     Ozone depleting substances record book
  12.8.1     For paragraph 26FET(3)(a) of the Pollution Prevention Act, an ozone depleting substances record book must be:
(a)   part of an existing log-book; or
(b)   an electronic recording system approved by the Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration.
  12.8.2     For subsections 26FET(3), (7) and (8) of the Pollution Prevention Act, each entry and page in an electronic recording system mentioned in paragraph 12.8.1(b) is taken to have been signed by the master of the ship.
  12.8.3     For paragraphs 26FET(6)(a) and (8)(b) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the following operations or occurrences are prescribed:
(a)   recharge, full or partial, of equipment containing ozone depleting substances;
(b)   repair or maintenance of equipment containing ozone depleting substances;
(c)   discharge of ozone depleting substances to the atmosphere:
             (i)  deliberately; and
            (ii)  not deliberately;
(d)   discharge of ozone depleting substances to land-based reception facilities; and
(e)   supply of ozone depleting substances to the ship.
  12.8.4     For paragraphs 26FEV(4) and (5) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration is a prescribed officer.
[14]     Appendix, forms MO — 97/2 and MO — 97/3
omit
Manager Environment Protection Standards
insert
Manager, Marine Environment Standards
[15]     Further amendments — Appendix
Provision
omit
insert

11.1
the Appendix
Schedule 1

12.5.2
the Appendix
Schedule 1

12. 5.3
the Appendix
Schedule 1

Appendix, heading
Appendix
Schedule 1

[16]     Further amendments — footnotes
Footnote
Instruction

1
Re-locate as a note at foot of definition of IAPP Certificate in provision 2

2
Omit

3 (both paragraphs)
Re-locate as a note at foot of definition of penal provision in provision 2

5
Omit

6
Re-locate as a note at foot of provision 3.1

7
Re-locate as a note at foot of provision 5

8
Re-locate as a note at foot of provision 7.8

9
Re-locate as a note at foot of provision 7.9.3

10
Re-locate as a note following the heading to provision 8

11
Re-locate as a note at foot of provision 8.3.5

12
Re-locate as a note at foot of provision 8.5

13
Omit

14
Omit

15
Omit

16
Omit

17
Re-locate as a note at foot of provision 12.6.1

[17]     Further amendments — definitions
Each definition in provision 2 (other than the definition of Navigation Act) is amended by:
(a)   omitting the concluding semi-colon and substituting a full stop; and
(b)   formatting each defined term in bold italic.
[18]     Further amendments — references to Manager, Ship Inspections
The following provisions are amended by omitting ‘Manager, Ship Inspections’ and inserting ‘Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration’:
·         provision 3.1
·         provision 5
·         footnote 7 (2 mentions)
·         provision 6 (3 mentions)
·         provision 7.8
·         provision 7.9.2
·         provision 7.9.3
·         footnote 9
·         provision 8.3.1
·         provision 8.3.2
·         provision 8.3.3
·         provision 8.3.4
·         provision 8.3.5
·         paragraph 10.2 (b)
·         paragraph 11.1 (a)
·         Appendix, Form MO—97/1.
Schedule 3    Amendments commencing on commencement of Marine Order 1, issue 2
(section 3)
[1]       Provision 2, at the foot
Note   Some expressions used in this Part are defined in Marine Order 1, issue 2 including:
·         AMSA
·         General Manager
·         IMO
·         Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration
·         MARPOL
·         Navigation Act
·         penal provision
·         survey authority.
[2]       Provision 5
substitute
5          Equivalents
       5.1     This provision applies if:
(a)   a provision of this Part, or Annex VI, requires:
             (i)  fitting in a ship of a particular fitting, material, appliance or apparatus (the required thing); or
            (ii)  use of a particular procedure, fuel oil or compliance method (the required usage); and
(b)   an alternative to the required thing or required usage (an equivalent) is available that:
             (i)  could be fitted in a ship, or used, instead of the required thing or required usage; and
            (ii)  may be at least as effective if fitted in the ship, or used, as the required thing or required usage; and
(c)   the owner or operator of a ship wants to fit in the ship, or use, the equivalent.
       5.2     The owner or operator may apply, in accordance with the application process set out in Marine Order 1, issue 2 for approval for an equivalent to be fitted or used.
       5.3     The decision maker for an application made under provision 5.2 is the Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration.
Note   Marine Order 1, issue 2 deals with the following:
·         making of an application
·         seeking further information about an application
·         the time allowed for consideration of an application
·         notification of a decision on an application
·         review of decisions
[3]       Provision 6
omit
[4]       Further amendments — omission of redundant definitions
The following definitions in provision 2 are omitted:
·         AMSA
·         General Manager
·         IMO
·         Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration
·         MARPOL
·         Navigation Act
·         penal provision
·         survey authority
·         the Pollution Prevention Act.
Note
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