8 Onboard Monitoring Manual (OMM)
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Marine Environment Protection Committee - Resolution MEPC.184(59) – 2009 Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems – (adopted on 17 July 2009) - Annex – 2009 Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems - 8 Onboard Monitoring Manual (OMM)

8 Onboard Monitoring Manual (OMM)

  8.1 An OMM should be prepared to cover each EGC unit installed in conjunction with fuel oil combustion equipment, which should be identified, for which compliance is to be demonstrated.

  8.2 The OMM should, as a minimum, include:

  • (a) the sensors to be used in evaluating EGC system performance and washwater monitoring, their service, maintenance and calibration requirements;

  • (b) the positions from which exhaust emission measurements and washwater monitoring are to be taken together with details of any necessary ancillary services such as sample transfer lines and sample treatment units and any related service or maintenance requirements;

  • (c) the analysers to be used, their service, maintenance, and calibration requirements;

  • (d) analyser zero and span check procedures; and

  • (e) other information or data relevant to the correct functioning of the monitoring systems or its use in demonstrating compliance.

  8.3 The OMM should specify how the monitoring is to be surveyed.

  8.4 The OMM should be approved by the Administration.

Parent topic: Annex – 2009 Guidelines for Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems
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