NOTING Resolution A.297(VIII) by which the Assembly designated
the Committee as the appropriate body to perform such functions as
are or may be conferred upon the Organization under international
conventions for the prevention and control of pollution from ships,
NOTING FURTHER Regulation
3(1)(a)(i) of Annex IV of the International Convention for
the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 which provides that a
sewage treatment plant shall meet operational requirements based on
standards and test methods developed by the Organization,
NOTING ALSO Resolution 20 of the International Conference
on Marine Pollution, 1973 which urges the Organization to take action
to develop the above-mentioned standards and test methods as soon
as possible,
HAVING CONSIDERED proposals of the Member Governments for
effluent standards and test methods for sewage treatment plant aboard
ships,
ADOPTS the Effluent Standards for Sewage Treatment Plants
and Guidelines for Performance Tests for Sewage Treatment Plants with
respect to Effluent Standards, appearing at Annex A and Annex B hereto
for the purposes of Regulation 3(1)(a)(i) of
Annex IV of the above-mentioned Convention,
INVITES Member Governments:
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(a) to apply the Effluent Standards and Guidelines
for approving sewage treatment plants;
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(b) to take steps to establish testing programmes
in accordance with the Guidelines for Performance Tests as soon as
possible;
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(c) to provide the Organization with a list of
sewage treatment plants successfully meeting the standards; and
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(d) to issue an appropriate “Certificate
of Type Test" as referred to in paragraph
1 of Annex A and to recognize such Certificates issued under
the authority of other Governments as having the same validity as
Certificates issued by them,
REQUESTS the Secretariat on the basis of the information
received, to maintain and update a list of approved sewage treatment
plants and to circulate it periodically to Governments.