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Marginal note:Duty to carry on board and carry out

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• (2) The plan must set out the processes and procedures for the safe and effective management of ballast water, and must contain at least the following:

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  • (f) the procedures for completing and submitting the Ballast Water Reporting Form, as well as procedures for meeting the ballast water reporting requirements applicable to the vessel under the laws of other states.

• (3) The plan must also include the following:

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  • (c) for vessels that exchange ballast water through sequential exchange, a list of the exchange sequences that take account of the vessel’s strength, stability, minimum draught forward and propeller immersion, as well as a list of solutions to the problems of sloshing, slamming and ballast inertia;

  • (d) a description of the operational limits, such as acceptable wave height for various speeds and headings, for the safe and effective management of ballast water; and

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1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

ballast water system

ballast water system  means the tanks, spaces or compartments on a vessel that are used for carrying, loading or releasing ballast water, including any multi-use tank, space or compartment designed to allow the carriage of ballast water, as well as the piping and pumps. (système d’eau de ballast)

Great Lakes Basin

Great Lakes Basin  means the Great Lakes, their connecting and tributary waters, and the St. Lawrence River as far east as the lower exit of the St. Lambert Lock at Montréal, Quebec. (bassin des Grands Lacs)

TP 13617

TP 13617  means the document entitled A Guide to Canada’s Ballast Water Control and Management Regulations, published by the Department of Transport in May 2006, as amended from time to time. (TP 13617)

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Marginal note:Ballast Water Reporting Form

• 14 (1) If a vessel is bound for a port, offshore terminal or anchorage area in Canada, its master — or, in the case of a pleasure craft, its operator — must, in the manner set out in section 5.2 of TP 13617, submit to the Minister a completed Ballast Water Reporting Form as soon as feasible after a management process, or a measure required under subsection 13(4), is implemented.

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Marginal note:Application

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• Marginal note:Inability to provide 96 hours’ notice

  (3) If notice cannot be provided in accordance with subsection (2), the master of the vessel must ensure that the Minister is notified in the manner provided in section 5.1 of TP 13617 as soon as it becomes feasible to do so.

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Marginal note:Application

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• Marginal note:Exception — Laurentian Channel

  (3) If, in respect of a voyage to a port, offshore terminal or anchorage area in the Great Lakes Basin, St. Lawrence River or Gulf of St. Lawrence, the requirements of subsection (2) cannot be met because doing so would compromise the stability or safety of the vessel or the safety of persons on board the vessel, the Minister must be notified as soon as possible. After notice is provided, an exchange may be conducted, beginning on December 1 and ending on May 1, in an area in the Laurentian Channel east of 63° west longitude where the water depth is at least 300 m.

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