Regulation D-2 - Ballast Water Performance Standard
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Regulation D-2 - Ballast Water Performance Standard

  1 Ships conducting Ballast Water Management in accordance with this regulation shall discharge less than 10 viable organisms per cubic metre greater than or equal to 50 micrometres in minimum dimension and less than 10 viable organisms per milliliter less than 50 micrometres in minimum dimension and greater than or equal to 10 micrometres in minimum dimension; and discharge of the indicator microbes shall not exceed the specified concentrations described in paragraph 2.

  2 Indicator microbes, as a human health standard, shall include:

  • .1 Toxicogenic Vibrio cholerae (O1 and O139) with less than 1 colony forming unit (cfu) per 100 milliliters or less than 1 cfu per 1 gram (wet weight) zooplankton samples ;

  • .2 Escherichia coli less than 250 cfu per 100 milliliters;

  • .3 Intestinal Enterococci less than 100 cfu per 100 milliliters.

Parent topic: Section D - Standards for Ballast Water Management
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