10.1 In accordance with paragraph 5.2.1 of Procedure (G9) for Final
Approval, the discharge testing should be performed as part of the land-based type
approval process using the treated ballast water discharge.
10.2 In order to obtain Final Approval in accordance with section 8.2 of
Procedure (G9), the following criteria have to be met:
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.1 Basic Approval has to be granted first;
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.2 the Member of the Organization submitting an application should conduct the
Type Approval tests in accordance with the Guidelines for approval of ballast
water management systems (G8). The results should be conveyed to the Organization
for confirmation that the residual toxicity of the discharge conforms to the
evaluation undertaken for Basic Approval. This would result in Final Approval of
the ballast water management system in accordance with regulation D-3.2. Active
Substances or Preparations that have received Basic Approval by the Organization
may be used for evaluation of ballast water management systems using Active
Substances or Preparations for Final Approval (G9: 8.2.1) in accordance with the
provisions of the framework "For determining when a Basic Approval granted to one
BWMS may be applied to another system that uses the same Active Substance or
Preparation";
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.3 it is to be noted that from section 2.4 of the annex to the 2016 Guidelines
(G8), on land-based testing, only the results of the residual toxicity tests
should be included in the proposal for Final Approval in accordance with Procedure
(G9). All other Guidelines (G8) testing remains for the assessment and attention
of the Administration. Although Basic Approval under Procedure (G9) should not be
a pre-requisite for Type Approval testing, as an Administration can regulate
discharges from its own ships in its own jurisdiction, Basic Approval should still
be required when the technology is used on ships trading in other States'
jurisdiction (G9: 8.2.2);
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.4 it should be noted that once a system has received Final Approval under
Procedure (G9), the respective applicant should not have to retrospectively submit
new data if there is a change in the Methodology agreed by the Organization (G9:
8.2.3);
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.5 WET testing should be carried out using discharge water at three salinities at
120 hours after treatment;
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.6 all information related to Total Residual Oxidants (TROs) and the chemicals
included in such groupings, including their concentrations, should be provided to
the GESAMP-BWWG for Final Approval;
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.7 in addition to the basic data-set needed for the treated ballast water and the
individual Relevant Chemicals a new meaningful PEC/PNEC ratio would be required,
using confirmed worst case concentrations with full scaled BWMS and verified PNEC;
and
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.8 the application for Final Approval should address the concerns identified
during the consideration for Basic Approval.