Sustainable management of MARPOL 73/78 Annex II Noxious liquid substance Wastes generated from Chemical Tankers at Indian Ports Capt. Abhijit Arvind Mohite Ph.D. Scholar Indian Maritime University Chennai, India 87.abhijit@gmail.com Abstract— Noxious Liquid Waste substances management planning, Transportation, & its implementation is an important Administrative, Technical, Environmental, Economic & Financial issue for India and World’s Developing countries. As in the case of Indian ports, Noxious liquid substance waste management planning, and its implications forms a rapidly growing subject of interest in the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India because Indian ports are sources of considerable volumes of Noxious liquid substance/ hazardous wastes. One of the main subjects of Indian authorities dealing with Environmentally Sound matters is ship and port Noxious liquid substances waste management. The implementation of MARPOL involves separate perceptions between the way Noxious Liquid Substance waste management from vessels is carried out and the systems and controls implemented in land- generated hazardous liquid waste management. As there are differences between land-based and maritime waste management, the MARPOL Annex II NLS classification varies at local waste reception facilities outside ports. Yet, to avoid a ship-shore interface break, an onboard and ashore integrated Hazardous or NLS liquid waste management system is essential. Developing and implementing Unified Standard Operating procedures for collection, transfer & Disposal of Noxious liquid Substances might best address the adverse impacts of NLS waste management at Indian Ports [12] Keywords—Marine Pollution; Noxious liquid substances; Port; Chemical Tanker; MARPOL Annex II; Chemicals Transportation by sea; Prewash; Hazardous waste I. INTRODUCTION Noxious Liquid Waste substances management planning, Transportation, & its implementation is an important Administrative, Technical, Environmental, Economic & Financial issue for India and World’s Developing countries. The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78) is the international convention covering the prevention of pollution of the marine environment by ships. India is a party to the MARPOL convention. The Convention includes regulations to prevent and minimize marine pollution from ship-generated waste. MARPOL has six Annexes which cover pollution from oil, NLS in bulk, Hazardous waste in packed form, Sewage, Garbage & Air Annex II Regulations for the Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk gives the details of the discharge criteria and measures for the control of pollution by noxious liquid substances carried in bulk; More than 400 substances are evaluated as per the latest IBC Chapter 17 Amendments and included in the list appended to the Convention. The discharge of NLS residues is allowed only to reception facilities as per Ship specific Procedures & arrangements manual for each chemical tanker as required by MARPOL. The prevention of NLS residues pollution totally depends on the provision of adequate port reception facilities on land. However, the coordination between Port reception facilities and environment-friendly disposal is still a major issue in India. In its “Final Report of Monitoring Committee on Management of Hazardous Waste” of July 2019, the Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, GOI [5] has directed the Ministry of Shipping to prescribe requirement of reception facilities at each cargo loading and unloading port, terminal, and ship repair ports. Noxious Liquid Substance (NLS) means any substance indicated in the Pollution Category column of chapters 17 or 18 of the International Bulk Chemical Code (IBC), or the current MEPC.2/Circular or provisionally assessed under the provisions of regulation 6.3 of MARPOL Annex II as falling into categories X, Y or Z. DG Shipping, CPCB, MARPOL & Local State rules & Guidelines must also be aligned about the strategies for the integrated sustainable NLS waste management of ship and port wastes. However, many Indian ports have not met related standards yet. II. VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS A. NLS Pollution Categories as per MARPOL [1] The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78) is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions. MARPOL Annex II 978-1-6654-1821-8/22/$31.00 ©2022 IEEE This is a DRAFT. As such it may not be cited in other works. The citable Proceedings of the Conference will be published in IEEE Xplore shortly after the conclusion of the conference.