3 Definitions for the purpose of the Guidance notes
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3 Definitions for the purpose of the Guidance notes

  3.1 “Clean drains” mean internal drains such as those resulting from the leakage of and condensate from equipment used for seawater, fresh water, steam, air conditioning, etc., which are not normally contaminated by oil.

  3.2 “Oily drains” mean drains such as those resulting from the leakage of equipment used for oil and drains from equipment which under normal circumstances may contain oil.

  3.3 “Oily bilge water” means water collected in the bilge wells or the tank top such as those resulting from the unexpected leakage from piping or the maintenance work in machinery spaces, which may be contaminated by oil.

  3.4 “Oil residue (sludge)”: refer to paragraph 5.2 of the revised Guidelines; includes oily drains.

  3.5 “Bilge primary tank” means a pre-treatment unit for separation of oily bilge water.

  3.6 "Clean water holding tank” means tanks which hold processed water from the oil filtering equipment.


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