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(c) Programs to train merchant vessel personnel in all func- 

 tions involved in the use, handling and stowage of oil and in 

 procedures for abatement of oil pollution. 

 5. Additional Measures. The programs and measuresto be adopted 

 for the prevention of discharges of hazardous polluting substances 

 shall use as a guide the Code for the Construction and Equipment of 

 Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk of the Intergovern- 

 mental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO). Such programs 

 and measures shall include design and construction features, operat- 

 ing procedures, and merchant vessel personnel qualification standards 

 with respect to handling hazardous polluting substances and pollu- 

 tion abatement. In addition, the programs shall establish compatible 

 regulations for : 



(a) Identification and placarding of vessels carrying hazard- 

 ous polluting substances as well as containers and packages con- 

 taining hazardous polluting substances when carried by vessels; 



(b) Identification in vessel manifests of all hazardous pollut- 

 ing substances carried ; 



(c) Procedures for notification to responsible authorities of all 

 hazardous polluting substances carried. 



Annex 4 



vessel wastes 



1. Definitions. As used in this Annex : 



(a) "Garbage" means solid galley waste, paper, rags, plastics, 

 glass, metal, bottles, crockery, junk and similar refuse; 



(b) "Sewage" means human or animal waste generated on 

 board ship and includes wastes from water closets, urinals or 

 hospital facilities handling fecal material; 



(c) "Vessel" means any ship, barge or other floating craft, 

 whether or not self-propelled ; 



(d) "Waste water" means water in combination with other sub- 

 stances, including ballast water and water used for washing 

 cargo holds, but excluding water in combination with oil, hazard- 

 ous polluting substances or sewage. 



2. CoTThpatible Regulations. The Parties shall adopt within one year 

 from the entry into force of the Agreement regulations governing the 

 disposal of vessel waste in the waters of the Great Lakes System in 

 accordance with principles at least as stringent as the following : 



(a) Garbage shall not be discharged by a vessel into these 

 waters ; 



(b) Waste water shall not be discharged by a vessel into these 

 waters in amounts or in concentrations that will_ be deleterious ; 



(c) Every vessel operating in these waters with an installed 

 toilet facility shall be equipped with a device or devices to con- 

 tain the vessel's sewage, or to incinerate it, or to treat it to an 

 adequate degree. 



3. Critical Use Areas. Critical use areas of the Great Lakes System 

 may be designated where the discharge of waste water or sewage shall 

 be limited or prohibited. 



4. Containment Devices. Kegulations may be established requiring 

 a device or devices to contain the sewage of pleasure craft or other 



