Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular No. 10-94, Change 2. CH-2 to NVIC 10-94, Guidance for Determination and Documentation of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) Phase-Out Schedule for Existing Single Hull Vessels Carrying Oil in Bulk

摘要

This Circular revises Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) No. 10- 94to provide direction to the Coast Guards field personnel to determine the phase-out date of an existing single hull tank vessel in accordance with OPA 90, which may be reconstructed to be configured as a single hull vessel with only double sides or only a double bottom. This direction was not originally discussed in NVIC 10-94, and questions have arisen from industry on the possible extension of an existing single hull tank vessels phase-out by five years, by reconstructing its original single skin hull with only double sides or only a double bottom.