The changes we're proposing would include such a ship. Let's assume a ship sinks and it has HNS cargo on board. Nothing is coming out yet, but we think it might come out in a few years' time. Yes, the SOPF, in our proposal, would cover that, as they do now. They would cover it in the sense that it is a risk of pollution that is a realistic risk, and therefore the funding is available to get the cargo out or to pump it out, etc.
The problem you have with the example you gave of something, even if it were HNS, that happened a long time ago and that we didn't do anything about, is that there are other aspects in these bills, such as the time bar. What was the law at the time the ship went down, etc.?
You can't go back in the past. They tried to do it with the Irving Whale by suing the SOPF and they failed. They also sued the international fund and failed.
I don't recommend that we do it for things that happened 25 years ago, but rather that we be proactive. When a ship sinks today, if it does happen, even if not a drop of any HNS is coming out, people should get expertise now on what we can do, what we can get in place to get that cargo out of there to avoid something happening in 20 years' time, when the rust gets through the sides.