Grand Soleil 40
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Notes on environmental pollution and accident’s prevention.
The following brief summary of the current E.C. rules about environmental pollution, waste
materials and accident’s prevention rules is valid only if the boat is used exclusively for private use
without crew officially employed on board.
These rules derive from the International Convention for the Human Life Safety at sea
issued in London on the 1
st
of February 1974 and following revisions and modifications.
Environmental pollution and waste material
The environmental pollution is divided into three main categories:
Water
Air
Soil
•
Oil-free and black waters
(those containing only human organic wastes)
can be
discharged in open sea. Within coastal area they should be kept in specific tanks and then
discharged in open sea or through adequate fixed emptying system available on the quay or
by draining sewage trucks.
•
The regulations concerning the air pollution produced by a boat can are basically limited
to the prohibition of using sprays containing C.F.C. gas and the limitation of external noises
that, at a distance of 5mt. from the perimeter of the boat, should not exceed 65 dB (a)
(decibel) from 6 to 22 hours and 55 dB (a) from 22 to 6 hours.
The ground pollution concerns the solid wastes unloaded on land.
The E.C. normative law n. 91/689 concerning the pleasure craft provides as
follows:
It is forbidden to discharge at sea non-biodegradable product both foodstuffs and
commercial products.
Within coastal area the
normal wastes
are considered as
urban wastes
and therefore can be
closed into hermetic plastic bags and then placed into trash bins.
The
special wastes
must be placed into special containers or, if not available, consigned to
the local collectors in conformity with the rules emanate from the local harbour-master’s
office. These special wastes are :
•
Oily waters or mixtures (such as bilge water);
•
Black and/or white waters from W.C. or sinks;
•
Oils (fuels, additives and lubricants);
•
Chemical products labelled as “
toxic/noxious
”(battery acid, paints, thinners, including
their containers);
•
Spray products containing CFC gas
•
Exhausted batteries in general
•
Expired flares
•
Expired medicines
•
Materials containing lead or asbestos
•
etc.
