Arctic Shipping Pollution Prevention Regulations (C.R.C., c. 353)
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Regulations are current to 2012-05-14
FUEL AND WATER
27. (1) No self-propelled ship shall navigate within any zone unless the ship
(a) has on board sufficient fuel to enable it to
(i) complete its intended voyage within the zones and to leave all zones, or
(ii) reach a refueling place within any zone during its intended voyage; and
(b) has on board sufficient fresh water or equipment capable of producing sufficient fresh water during its intended voyage to enable the ship to
(i) complete its intended voyage within the zones and to leave all zones, or
(ii) reach a place where fresh water is obtainable within any zone during its intended voyage.
(2) The refueling place referred to in subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) and the place with fresh water referred to in subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) must have available for the use of that ship sufficient fuel or fresh water, as the case may be, to enable the ship to continue to navigate on its intended voyage in compliance with subsection (1).
(3) No Arctic class ship shall navigate within any zone unless
(a) it complies with subsection (1); and
(b) it has on board, in addition to the requirements of subsection (1),
(i) a reserve of fuel for domestic purposes sufficient for a period of 30 days, and
(ii) a reserve of fresh water for domestic purposes sufficient for a period of 30 days or equipment capable of producing such fresh water.
- SOR/84-803, s. 2.
SEWAGE DEPOSIT
28. Any ship and any person on a ship may deposit in the arctic waters such sewage as may be generated on board that ship.
OIL DEPOSIT
29. Any ship and any person on a ship may deposit in the arctic waters oil or an oily mixture where that deposit is
(a) for the purposes of saving life or preventing the immediate loss of a ship;
(b) due to damage to or leakage from the ship as a result of stranding, collision or foundering if all reasonable precautions were taken
(i) to avoid stranding, collision or foundering, and
(ii) to prevent or minimize the deposit; or
(c) through the exhaust of an engine or by leakage from an underwater machinery component where such deposit is minimal, unavoidable and essential to the operation of the engine or component.
- SOR/95-412, s. 7(F).
30. [Repealed, SOR/96-474, s. 4]
