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Notice
The objective of this Maritime Environmental Resource Center (MERC) evaluation was
to provide shipping lines, classification societies, regulators, and flag states with an independent
and credible assessment of treatment performance under realistic conditions. Therefore, the
ballast water treatment system was tested in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program
Generic Protocol for
the Verification of Ballast Water Treatment Technology
(2010) and the International Maritime
Organization (IMO) International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast
Water and Sediment (2004), Resolution MEPC.174(58)
Guidelines for Approval of Ballast
Water Management Systems (G8)
and Resolution MEPC.169(57)
Procedure for Approval of
Ballast Water Management Systems That Make Use of Active Substances (G9)
. The evaluation
was conducted under specific, predetermined, agreed-upon protocols, criteria, and quality
assurance procedures to assess the treatment system's performance.
MERC does not label or list technologies as acceptable or unacceptable but will present
the results in an objective way that can be used to determine regulatory compliance by
appropriate administrations, agencies or classification societies. Subsequent data on the
technology's performance characteristics is presented to allow for comparison with the U.S.
Coast Guard (USCG) and IMO Convention D-2 discharge standards.
MERC and the MERC Advisory Board do not provide certification for technologies, or
certify that a technology will always operate as demonstrated. Additionally, no expressed or
implied guarantee is provided as to the performance of the technology, or that a technology will
always operate at the levels verified. MERC does guarantee the levels verified during the
evaluation under the conditions, circumstances, and operations encountered as fully independent
and credible.
This report has been reviewed by members of the MERC Advisory Board and provided
to Hyde Marine and MERC funding agencies prior to public release. Mention of trade names or
commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by MERC.
Questions and comments should be directed to
Dr. Mario Tamburri, tamburri@umces.edu.