[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64466-64467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31055]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Garbage Discharges for Navy Ships Into the International Maritime
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships (MARPOL) Annex V
Special Areas
AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Defense must report annually on the amount
and nature of garbage discharges from Navy ships operating in special
areas, when such discharges are not otherwise authorized under the Act
to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), 33 U.S.C. 1901, et seq. This
notice is the fifth annual report.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Louis Maiuri, Office of the Chief
of Naval Operations Environmental Protection, Safety and Occupational
Health Division, Crystal Plaza #5, Room 654, 2211 South Clark Place,
Arlington, Virginia, 22244-5108; 703-602-2602.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The International Maritime Convention on the
Prevention of Pollution from ships (MARPOL) as amended by the MARPOL
Protocol of 1978, protects the ocean environment by prohibiting some
discharges altogether, restricting other discharges to particular
distances from land, and establishing ``special areas'' within which
additional discharge limitations apply. Special areas are particular
bodies of water, which, because of their oceanographic characteristics
and ecological significance, require protective measures more strict
than other areas of the ocean. Within special areas that are in effect
internationally, except under emergency circumstances, the only
authorized garbage discharge from vessels is food waste. At present,
three special areas are in effect: the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and
the Antarctic Region.
The Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships established deadlines for
compliance by U.S. Navy ships with the Annex V special area
requirements. Surface ships must comply with the special area
requirements by December 31, 2000. Submarines must comply with the
special area requirements by December 31, 2008. APPS further requires
the Secretary of Defense to report in the Federal Register the amount
and nature of Navy ship discharges in special areas, not otherwise
authorized under MARPOL Annex V.
This Federal Register notice is the fifth of the required annual
reports. This report covers the period between August 1, 1997, and
September 30, 1998. During the period August 1, 1997, through September
30, 1998, there were no garbage discharges from Navy ships into MARPOL
Annex V special areas that were not authorized under MARPOL Annex V.
Dated: November 9, 1998.
Ralph W. Corey,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-31055 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]
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