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(c) "Oily wastes" means oil and mixtures containing oil such as 

 oily ballast, tank washing and bilge slops ; 



(d) "Tanker" means any vessel designed for the carriage of oil 

 or liquid chemicals in bulk ; 



(e) "Vessel" means any ship, barge or other floating crafty 

 whether or not self-propelled. 



2. Oil. As used in this Annex, "oil" refers to oil of any kind or in any 

 form, including, but not limited to petroleum, fuel oil, oil sludge, oil 

 refuse, and oil mixed with wastes, but does not include constituents 

 of dredged spoil. 



3. General Principles. Compatible regulations shall be adopted for 

 the prevention of discharges into the Great Lakes System of harmful 

 quantities of oil and hazardous polluting substances from vessels in 

 accordance with the following principles : 



(a) Discharges of harmful quantities of oil or hazardous pol- 

 luting substances shall be prohibited and made subject to appro- 

 priate penalties; 



(b) As soon as any person in charge has knowledge of any dis- 

 charge of harmful quantities of oil or hazardous polluting sub- 

 stances, immediate notice of such discharge shall be given to the 

 appropriate agency in the jurisdiction where the discharge occurs ; 

 failure to give this notice shall be made subject to appropriate 

 penalties. 



4. Programs. The programs and measures to be adopted for the 

 prevention of discharges of harmful quantities of oil shall include the 

 following : 



(a) Compatible regulations for design and construction of 

 vessels based on the following principles : 



(i) each tanker shall have a suitable means of containing 

 on board cargo oil spills caused by loading or transfer opera- 

 tions ; 



(ii) each vessel shall have a suitable means of containing 

 on board fuel oil spills caused by loading or transfer opera- 

 tions, including those from tank vents and overflow pipes ; 



(iii) each vessel shall have a capability of retaining on 

 board oily wastes accumulated during vessel operation; 



(iv) each vessel shall be capable of off-loading contained 

 oily wastes to a shore facility. 



(b) Compatible _ regulations for vessel operating procedures 

 feased onthe following principles : 



(i) tankers shall be provided with a means for rapidly 

 and safely stopping the flow of cargo oil during transfer 

 operations in the event of an emergency ; 



(ii) suitable deck lighting shall be provided to illuminate 

 all cargo and fuel handling areas if the transfer occurs at 

 night ; 



(iii) hose assemblies used aboard vessels for oil transfer 

 shall be suitably designed, marked and inspected to minimize 

 the possibility of failure ; 



(iv) oil transfer, loading and off-loading systems shall be 

 designed to minimize the possibility of failure. 



