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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 245-246

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From page 245...
... The Coast Guard should require vessel operators to report inadequate reception facilities using the IMO forms and should follow up these reports. And, if ports are required to issue receipts for garbage discharged into their reception facilities, then the Coast Guard should examine these receipts when reviewing vessel garbage logs.
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From page 246...
... Finally, the committee concludes that economic issues including the cost of technologies to vessel operators and the tradeoffs with garbage disposal feesneed to be addressed. Economic considerations will determine whether on-board garbage handling and treatment technologies actually are used.
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Key Terms

  • reception facilities
  • coast guard
  • port reception
  • vessel garbage
  • garbage handling

  • vessel operators
  • cruise ships
  • maritime sectors
  • capital construction
  • garbage disposal

  • vessel operator
  • garbage storage
  • coa program
  • treatment technologies
  • marine fisheries

  • information exchange
  • national marine
  • fisheries service
  • garbage logs
  • cruise ship

  • adequate reception


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