NVIC 08-14 Task 6.2.B

Take precautions to prevent pollution of the marine environment.

PSSR-X2.2 Know the basic environmental protection procedures.

When asked to explain why operational procedures must be followed to safeguard the marine environment,

the candidate explains in writing why operational procedures must be followed to safeguard the marine environment based on appropriate tenets of MARPOL.

The candidate explains in writing (or selects an answer that describes) why operational procedures must be followed to safeguard the marine environment by stating (or selecting) one or more of the following concepts:

1. Because the law requires it;
2. Operational procedures reflect how the ship systems need to operate to comply with the law; or
3. Operational procedures are designed to take the “guess work” out of safeguarding the marine environment.