| Title: | Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008 |
| Organisation: | Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| Issued: | Tue 08 July 2008 |
| Deadline: | 14 August 2008 |
| Status: | CLOSED Consultation is closed for comments |
| Synopsis: | The consultation provides the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) proposals for implementing Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78 through the proposed Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008. The United Kingdom has acceded to the 1997 Protocol which provides for the establishment of international Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships by adding a new Annex VI to MARPOL 73/78. Annex VI comprises 19 regulations and includes a Technical Code on the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides from Marine Diesel Engines (NOx Technical Code). An earlier draft of these regulations, along with an earlier draft of the Merchant Shipping Notice and a draft Impact Assessment (IA), were previously consulted upon in 2004 to help develop the policy, alongside a requisite Order amending the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. A number of comments were received and were taken into consideration and incorporated where appropriate. Since then the Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 has been passed to enable Annex VI to be implemented into UK law. The proposed Regulations will implement an internationally agreed survey and certification regime for UK ships. This will allow verification of compliance with the measures in the regulations. |
The IEMA are not planning to respond to this consultation. We have signposted it for interest. If you wish to respond, please follow the instructions on the MCGA website:
http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home/shipsandcargoes/consultations/mcga-currentconsultations/consultations-annex_vi-letter.htm