Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (CONTROL OF POLLUTION BY NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES IN BULK) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 4

CLASSES OF NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (N.O.S.) SUBSTANCES*

[regulation 1(2)]

Residual concentration
(per cent by weight)

Substance Pollution Category for operational discharge Outside
special areas Within
special areas Noxious liquid, N.F., (1) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...)
S.T.1, Cat. A
A 0.1 0.05 Noxious liquid, F., (2) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...)
S.T.1, Cat. A
A 0.1 0.05 Noxious liquid, N.F., (3) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...)
S.T.2, Cat. A
A 0.1 0.05 Noxious liquid, F., (4) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...)
S.T.2, Cat. A
A 0.1 0.05 Noxious liquid, N.F., (5) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...)
S.T.2, Cat. B
B Noxious liquid, N.F., (6) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...) S.T.2, Cat.
B, mp greater than or equal to 15 oC
B
Noxious liquid, F., (7)         B n.o.s. (trade name ...,
contains ...) S.T.2, Cat. B
B
Noxious liquid, F., (8)         B n.o.s. (trade name ...,
contains ...) S.T.2, Cat. B, mp greater than or equal to 15 oC
B Noxious liquid, N F., (9) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...) S.T.3, Cat.
A
A 0.1 0.05 Noxious liquid, F., (10) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...)
S.T.3, Cat. A
A 0.1 0.05 Noxious liquid, N.F., (11) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...)
S.T.3, Cat. B
B Noxious liquid, N.F., (12) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...) S.T.3, Cat.
B, mp greater than or equal to 15 oC
B Noxious liquid, F., (13) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...) S.T.3, Cat. B
B Noxious liquid, F., (14) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...) S.T.3, Cat. B
mp greater than or equal to 15 oC
B Noxious liquid, N.F., (15) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...) S.T.3, Cat.
C
C Noxious liquid, F., (16) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...) S.T.3, Cat. C
C Noxious liquid, (17) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...) Cat. D
D Noxious liquid, (18) n.o.s. (trade name ..., contains ...) App. III III

Key to Fourth Schedule:

* Where a cargo is assessed as falling within an n.o.s. class, the class
including any cargo trade name with the principal component contributing to
the pollution category must be provided in the shipping document. N.F. :
Flashpoint exceeding 60 oC (closed cup test) F. : Flashpoint not exceeding 60
oC (closed cup test) n.o.s. : not otherwise specified (L.N. 367 of 1992) S.T.
: Ship type when carried in a chemical tanker Cat. : Pollution category mp :
Melting point App. III : Appendix III of MARPOL 1973/78 Annex II (a
"non-polluting" substance) (L.N. 87 of 1992)