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Shipboard Pollution Control U.S. Navy Compliance with MARPOL Annex V (1996) / Chapter Skim
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7 WASTE HANDLING ON SUBMARINES
Pages 41-43

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... The potential impact on ship safety associated with opening valves to the sea and on ship detectability by running pumps or blowing tanks to the sea makes waste disposal operations a significant event. Mission considerations may force waste disposal operations to be suspended for some period of time.
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... Again, food-contaminated waste materials would need special handling, probably storage in sealed cans held in the frozen food lockers. There appears to be a strong conservation ethic among submariners, and a number of crews have already voluntarily made significant reductions in the amount of solid waste discharged.
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... ITEM DESCRIPTION USS KAMEHAMEHA USS C/NC/NNAT/ Paper (food contaminated) 0.13 0.12 Paper (clean)
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  • ball valve
  • disposal operations
  • food lockers
  • unnecessary packaging
  • surface ships

  • frozen food
  • waste stream
  • waste streams
  • metal weights
  • blowing tanks

  • special cans
  • trash compactor
  • tube connected
  • sealed cans
  • commercially obtainable

  • food contaminated
  • allow storage
  • packaging materials
  • diligent job
  • force waste

  • pressurized air
  • dry waste
  • probably storage
  • surface ship
  • limited available

  • including metal
  • significant event
  • steel sheets
  • cans ejected
  • nssn concluded


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