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Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans Controlling Garbage and Plastic Wastes at Sea (1995) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 114-115

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... Little information is available on garbage reception facilities at supply boat terminals. Because most offshore service vessels weigh less than 400 gross tons, the base terminals are not required to obtain COAs, and the Coast Guard has no other reason to visit the terminals or the vessels that call there (Green, 1993~.
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From page 115...
... Supply vessels transporting and transferring platform garbage to port reception facilities are subject to the Shore Protection Act (SPA) of 1988~i, while the vessel's operational waste is covered by Annex V
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  • reception facilities
  • coast guard
  • port reception
  • equipment handling
  • outer continental

  • continental shelf
  • platform operators
  • garbage reception
  • overboard discharges
  • supply vessels

  • overboard discharge
  • base terminals


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