The 5th session of the International Maritime Organization’s Sub-Committee on Pollution, Prevention and Response was held at IMO Headquarters in London from February 5-9, 2018. This post provides a summary of the work completed by PPR 5 and its working groups on air quality, ballast water management, safety of pollution hazards of chemicals, and oil pollution, preparedness, response and co-operation.
5/3/2016: Collection of information under review by the Office of Management and Budget – various international agreement pollution prevention certificates and equivalency documents
The Coast Guard seeks comment on the reinstatement, with change, of a previous collection for various international agreement pollution prevention certificates and documents, and equivalency documents.
11/19/2015: Collection of information under review by Office of Management and Budget – Certificates of financial responsibility under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
The Coast Guard seeks comment on the approval of a revision to a currently approved collection the requirements for certificates of financial responsibility under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
11/19/2015: Collection of information under review by Office of Management and Budget – Claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
The Coast Guard seeks comment on the approval of a revision to a currently approved collection the requirements for claims under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
5/27/2014: Release of the third edition of the U.S. Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook
The Coast Guard announced its release of the third edition of the Incident Management Handbook which incorporates lessons learned, internal and external reviews as well as other important updates since 2005.
