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  1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its fifty-second session, adopted the revised MARPOL Annex II by resolution MEPC.118(52), which includes in regulation “Provisions on the control of discharge of Noxious Liquid Substances” and specifically, in this context, restrictions on the cleaning additives permitted for use in tank washing operations as follows:

  “13.5.2 When small amounts of cleaning additives (detergent products) are added to water in order to facilitate tank washing, no additives containing Pollution Category X components shall be used except those components that are readily biodegradable and present in a total concentration of less than 10% of the cleaning additive. No restrictions additional to those applicable to the tank due to the previous cargo shall apply.”

  2 Attached hereto are the revised tank cleaning additives guidance note and reporting from which were developed as a consequence of the revised MARPOL Annex II and approved by the Marine Environment Protection Committee at its fifty-sixth session (9 to 13 July 2007). The present circular supersedes MEPC/Circ.363.

  3 Member Governments are invited to bring this information to the attention of those companies submitting data on tank cleaning additives to the BLG Sub-Committee through their Administrations in order to determine whether they meet the requirements of paragraph 13.5.2 of the revised MARPOL Annex II.

Parent topic: MEPC.1/Circular.590 – Revised Tank Cleaning Additives Guidance Note and Reporting Form – (1 August 2007)
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