[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR673.5]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 673_ANTARCTIC NON-GOVERNMENTAL EXPEDITIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 673.5  Emergency response plan.



    Any person organizing a non-governmental expedition to or within 

Antarctica who is transporting passengers aboard a non-U.S. flagged 

vessel shall ensure that:

    (a) The vessel owner's or operator's shipboard oil pollution 

emergency plan, prepared and maintained according to Regulation 26 of 

Annex I of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution 

from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto 

(MARPOL 73/78), has provisions for prompt and effective response action 

to such emergencies as might arise in the performance of the vessel's 

activities in Antarctica. Any emergency response plan which satisfies 

the requirements contained in 33 CFR 151.26 of the U.S. Coast Guard 

regulations will also satisfy the requirements of this paragraph. If the 

vessel owner or operator does not have a shipboard oil pollution 

emergency plan, a separate plan for prompt and effective response action 

is required.

    (b) The vessel owner or operator agrees to take all reasonable 

measures to implement the plan for a prompt and effective response 

action in the event of an emergency, taking into account considerations 

of risk to human life and safety.