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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 35-39

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... The federal government plans to put a new national monitoring program in place in 1995. The program will make use of a statistical methodology for monitoring marine debris that was developed and reviewed by federal agencies and environmental organizations.
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... The task of measuring the amounts of garbage produced during normal voyages is not well supported by present Annex ~ compliance and enforcement programs. The committee was unable to locate or develop any precise data for any phase of the garbage cycle.3 There are no reliable data on the characteristics and amounts of vessel garbage generated by all the maritime sectors to which Annex ~ applies.
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... Army490 Schools266 Cargo Ships30,949 2.5 Navy Surface Combatant Vessels21,968 1.8 Offshore Industry 1.4 Platforms14,721 Service1,989 Passenger Cruise Ships13,347 1.1 Miscellaneous Vessels1,161 0.1 Research Vessels <0.1 NOAA317 Other213 Total1,238,689 99.99 37 aThis garbage is not necessarily discharged overboard. bThe original presentation of the data has been revised to conform with the committee's maritime sectors.
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... Army5805640 0.2 Schools1450100150 0.35 Offshore Industry2625 Platforms1125152240 1 Service Vessels15003720 1 Navy Combatant Surface Vessels3602004365900 0.33 Passenger Cruise Ships1281252,2503,300 0.96 Research Vessels125 NOAA251090110 0.75 Othere100103050 0.5 Miscellaneous Vesselsf8572330 1 Total aU.S. maritime sectors include foreign-flag vessels that call at U.S.
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... Coast Guard, 1994b; Minerals Management Service, 1992; 1994 data obtained from Offshore Marine Services Association, New Orleans, La.
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