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Pollution
from Offshore Activities
- UN
Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982). UN/DOALOS
1994
- MARPOL 73/78 covers fixed and floating platforms. II-2
- The London Convention covers fixed and floating platforms, including at-sea
disposal of offshore structures. II-3
Both IMO conventions exempt discharges and dumping from facilities related
to seabed minerals development and processing except for certain oil discharges.
The IMO is reviewing MARPOL Annex I to clarify applicability to floating oil
production and storage units.
Non-Binding:
o Guidelines and Standards for the Removal of Offshore Installations and Structures
on the Continental Shelf and in the EEZ (1989). IMO
o Recommendations on Safety Zones and Safety of Navigation around Offshore
Installations and Structures (1989).
o Code for the Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units
(1989).
o Code for the Safe Practice for the Carriage of Cargoes and Persons by Offshore
Supply Vessels (1997). IMO
o Draft Recommendations on Training of Personnel on Mobile Offshore Units (1999).
IMO
Global
Oil and Gas Activities
(Emergency
Preparedness and Response)
- International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation
(1990). IMO 1999
- Mediterranean
Sea, Protocol: exploration and exploitation of the continental
shelf and the seabed and its subsoil (1994). NIF
Non-Binding:
Guidelines and Principles on Offshore Mining and
Drilling (1982). UNEP
Environmental
Impact Assessment
- Convention on EIA in a Transboundary Context (1991). ECE 1997
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