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completed after January 1, 1977 and to vessels completed before that date but 

 which started after January 1, 1972. 



The proposed Annex C contains an ultimate oil tank size limitation in that it 

 declares that the hypothetical oil outflow, calculated in accordance with the 

 formulae of Annex C, shall not exceed 30,000 cubic meters for vessels up to 

 420,000 deadweight tons and |iO,000 cubic meters for vessels over 1,000,000 dead- 

 weight tons. The limit is a function of the vessel size between 420,000 and 

 1,000,000 tons. For all tank ships there is a maximum limit on the length of 

 each tank which is a function both of ship length and tank arrangements. 



GREATER DEGREE OF CONTROL PROVIDED BY THE AMENDMENTS 



The 1969 and 1971 amendments provide the potential for a much greater degree 

 of control of pollution of the sea than the existing 1954 convention. These amend- 

 ments represent another imix)rtant step both in the solution of the ocean pollu- 

 tion problem and toward the goal of elimiinating harmful discharges of oil into 

 the world's oceans. 



Mr. Chairman, as there will inevitably be some time lapse before the new 

 convention, which is expected to be developed this fall, can come into force, I 

 urge the implementing legislation for the 1969 and 1971 amendments (S 1067) be 

 acted upon as soon as possible. During recent IMCO meetings the U.S. delegation 

 has been repeatedly asked the status of the 69 and 71 amendments in the United 

 States. It is our feeling that if the United States deposits the instriunents with 

 IMCO before the fall conference convenes it will be a positive example of our 

 intent to arrest the growing pollution of the oceans and a shovting of good faith 

 before the international community. 



THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM 



SHIPS, 1973 



The international conference for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships will 

 convene in London in October of this year. Its purpose as you know is twofold : 



( 1 ) to prepare a new International convention for the Prevention of Pollution 

 from Ships ; and, 



(2) to extend the 1969 International Convention to include substances other 

 than oil. 



This Convention will supersede the International Convention for the Prevention 

 of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended. In replacing the 1954 Conven- 

 tion, the new Convention goes beyond the original Conference's scope. Its broad 

 objective, as stated by IMCO Assembly Resolution A. 237 (VII) is ". . . the 

 achievement by 1975 if possible, but certainly by the end of the decade, the 

 complete elimination of the willful and intentional pollution of the .seas by oil 

 and noxious substance other than oil, and the minimization of accidental 

 spills. ..." In addition, it is intended to have a Convention which is both en- 

 forceable and easily amendable. The United States' position in the preparatory 

 work has consistently been one which favors a strong, uniform, comprehensive, 

 and enforceable Convention. 



THE DRAFT INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM 



SHIPS, 1973 



The fifth draft of the Convention, produced last winter, will be the basic work- 

 tog document for the Conference. It represents nearly two years of work on an 

 international level and involved both government and private groups and indi- 

 viduals. In the United States, the Coast Guard through its role of Chairmanship 

 of various national committees was the lead agency in the preparatory work. 

 We have been and continue to be ably assisted throughout this venture by 

 participants from the Department of State, the Department of Defense, else- 

 where in the Department of Transportation, the Council on Environmental 

 Quality, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Maritime Administration and 

 various industry and environmental groups, and the Congress and its staff. 

 The Convention as presently drafted and apart from the draft protocol relating to 

 intervention on the high seas in cases of marine pollution by substances other 

 than oil ; has three main .subdivisions : the Articles ; the technical Annexes with 

 their appendices ; and, a series of resolutions. 



The Articles essentially consist of the general obligations to which signatories 

 to the Convention subject themselves to upon signature, ratification, and deposi- 



