1.2 Documents submitted for consideration at this
session are listed as follows:
| MEPC 42/8 |
Working Group |
Report of the Working Group on Ballast Water
convened during MEPC 41 |
| MEPC 42/8/1 |
Secretariat |
Legal framework options for international
regulations on control and management
of ships'
ballast water |
| MEPC 42/8/2 |
Greece |
Draft regulations and associated draft code
with
regard to ballast water management |
| MEPC 42/8/3 |
Brazil |
Ballast water full scale trial on board M/V
Lavras, a Brazilian product carrier,
to evaluate the
performance of the Dilution Method
developed in
Brazil |
MEPC 42/8/4
|
Secretariat
|
Comments on Draft Regulations for the Control
and
Management of Ships' Ballast
Water and Sediments to
Minimize the Transfer of Harmful
Aquatic Organisms
and Pathogens (MEPC 42/8, annex
1) |
| MEPC 42/8/5 |
Australia |
Explanatory Memorandum on the Regulations
and
Code Proposed as an instrument
for a ballast water
Annex to MARPOL 73/78 |
| MEPC 42/8/6 |
INTERTANKO |
Standard reporting format of national
requirements for ballast water
management |
| MEPC 42/8/7 |
ICS |
Control of a quarantine matter through
anti-pollution measures |
| MEPC 42/8/8 |
INTERTANKO |
Risk assessment approach |
| MEPC 42/8/9 |
United States |
Comments on the Report of the Working Group
on
Ballast Water convened during
MEPC 41 (MEPC 42/8) |
| MEPC 42/INF.14 |
Brazil |
Ballast water full scale trial on board M/V
Lavras, a Brazilian product carrier
to evaluate the
performance of the "Dilution
Method"
developed in Brazil - Technical
Report |
| MEPC 42/INF.21 |
Secretariat |
Steering Committee Meeting on Ballast Water
Management: Cape Town. South
Africa, 29-30 July 1998 |
| MEPC 42/INF.27 |
Australia |
International IMO Regulatory Framework for
Ballast Water Management and
Progress in the
Australian Ballast Water Management
and Research and
Development Programs |
| MEPC 42/INF.33 |
ICS and INTERTANKO |
Model for a ship's ballast water management
plan
to meet the requirements of Assembly
resolution A.868(20) |
| MEPC 42/WP.1/Rev.1 |
Working Group |
Compilation of proposed amendments and comments
on Draft Regulations on Ballast
Water Management
(MEPC 42/8, annex 1) |
1.3 The Committee reconvened the
Working Group on Ballast Water and instructed it to review
the draft regulations for the Control and Management of
Ships' Ballast Water to Minimize the Transfer of Harmful
Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens (MEPC 42/WP.1/Rev.1),
considering the following key issues (listed according to the
priority assigned to each item):
.1 Legal framework / entry into force (for
MEPC 43 consideration);
.2 Application;
.3 Coastal - port State definition
Responsibility for enforcement
Responsibility port State - flag State, other parties;
.4 Safety aspects;
.5 Regional agreements concept: Ballast Water
areas / zones
Voyages other than deep sea voyages
Alternative treatment / technology - criteria;
.6 Standard settings: possible criteria
Ballast water Management Plan
Standard reporting format; and
. 7 other issues:
Cost - benefit analysis, impact assessment
Risk assessment
Progressive implementation.
