| Title: | Consultation on the draft Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008 |
| Organisation: | Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| Issued: | Mon 10 March 2008 |
| Deadline: | 27 May 2008 |
| Status: | CLOSED Consultation is closed for comments |
| Synopsis: | This consultation letter seeks views on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) policy proposals to regulate sewage and garbage from shipping as reflected in the draft Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008. The measure addresses two discrete but related areas of pollution from ships which form two of the annexes to the International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78). The Regulations address the implementation of the new Annex IV (prevention of pollution by sewage) into UK law and the implementation of the revisions to Annex V (prevention of pollution by garbage). These Annexes have been agreed internationally. In the interests of reducing the number of legislative proposals and limiting the burden of multiple sets of separate Regulations, consultations and guidance documents, the decision has been taken to implement the two Annexes by a single set of UK Regulations. |
The IEMA are not planning to provide a response to this consultation. If any Member wishes to provide a response, please do so following the instructions on the website below:
http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-guidance-regulation/mcga-consultations/mcga-current_consultations/consultations-ds-eq-a4a5.htm