Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans Controlling Garbage and Plastic Wastes at Sea (1995) / Chapter Skim
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In addition, the process must take place under the supervision of either a USDA inspector or a contractor who has signed a compliance agreement (in the latter case, APHIS monitors the process occasion 9An informal Coast Guard survey of port reception facilities on the East and Gulf coasts indicated that fewer than 20 percent of vessels off-load garbage (59 Fed.
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Garbage subject to APHIS inspection is generated mostly in the galley areas; the vessel must maintain an additional and separate sorting, packaging, storage, and disposal system for this material. Under Annex V, plastic food-packaging materials may be disposed of only on shore, a requirement that effectively adds to the amount of APHIS waste that either must be retained on board or must be discharged to a certified port reception facility.
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This policy was changed in 1988 to allow certified waste haulers to transport containers of garbage through rural areas and for long distances. Also in 1988, following passage of the MPPRCA, the Coast Guard was directed by law to require ports to prove they could provide reception facilities for quarantined garbage; without such a capability, a port was unlikely to receive a COA verifying its compliance with Annex V
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