PERMITTED PERIODS OF DARK SMOKE FROM VESSELS [ S.L.200.02 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 200.02 PERMITTED PERIODS OF DARK SMOKE FROM VESSELS REGULATIONS 15th April, 1969 LEGAL NOTICE 30 of 1969, as amended by Legal Notice 32 of
- The title of these Regulations is Permitted Periods of Dark Smoke from Vessels Regulations. Title.
- Words and phrases used in these regulations shall have the same meaning as is assigned to them in the Clean Air Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Act". Interpretation. Cap.
- 3.
(1)Emissions of dark smoke from a chimney of a vessel for not longer than the period specified in the second column of the Schedule in respect of the class of case specified in the first column of the said Schedule shall be left out of account for the purposes of article 3 of the Act: Permitted period of emission of dark smoke. Provided that (
- a)continuous emissions of dark smoke caused otherwise than by the soot blowing of a water tube boiler shall not exceed four minutes, and (
- b)in no case shall black smoke be emitted for more than two minutes in the aggregate in any period of thirty minutes: Provided further that without the permission of the authorised officer, no soot shall be blown whilst a vessel is within any harbour or bay in Malta, which permission shall not be granted if (
- a)it would have been practicable to carry out that operation before approaching land; (
- b)it would be practicable to delay that operation until after leaving land; or (
- c)an alternative method of removing soot could be employed.
(2)In this regulation "black smoke" means smoke which, if compared in the appropriate manner with a chart of the type known at the date of enactment of the Act as the Ringelmann Chart, would appear to be as dark as or darker than shade 4 on the chart.
(3)For the purposes of the said schedule a vessel is not under way when it is at anchor or made fast to the shore or bottom, and a vessel which is aground shall be deemed to be under way. 2 [ S.L.200.02 Substituted by; L.N. 32 of
- PERMITTED PERIODS OF DARK SMOKE FROM VESSELS SCHEDULE (Regulation 3) First Column Class of case
- When new fires are being lit preparatory to raising steam Second Column Permitted Period 10 minutes in the aggregate in any period of 1 hour 10 minutes in the aggregate in any period of 1 hour 10 minutes in the aggregate in any period of 1 hour
- When a breakdown has affected the combustion equipment
- When it is necessary, because of navigational difficulties, to force the combustion equipment to the detriment of its operation
- Emissions from a natural draught oil-fired furnace or a coal-fired boiler furnace in the following cases: (a) a tug not under way but preparatory to getting under way or supplying power to other vessels or to shore installations (b) a vessel not under way but using main power for the purpose of dredging, lifting, pumping or performing some other special operation for which the vessel is designed
- Emissions from any other source } 10 minutes in the aggregate in any period of 1 hour 5 minutes in the aggregate in any period of 1 hour