[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8059]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Report on Navy Ship Garbage Discharges in MARPOL Annex V Special 
Areas

SUMMARY: Under section 1003 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1994, Public Law 103-160, the Secretary of Defense must 
report annually in years 1994 through 2000 on the amount and nature of 
garbage discharges from Navy ships operating in special areas, when 
such discharges are not otherwise authorized under Annex V of the 
International Convention on the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 
(MARPOL). This notice is the second annual report.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Louis Maiuri, Office of the Chief 
of Naval Operations Environmental Protection, Safety and Occupational 
Health Division, Crystal Plaza #4, Room 654, 2211 South Clark Place, 
Arlington, Virginia, 22244-5108; 703-602-2602.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The International 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 in food waste. At present, 
three special areas are in effect: the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and 
the Antarctic Region. Section 1003 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, Pub. L. 103-160, 107 Stat. 
1745, 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 31st of the year 2000. Submarines 
must comply with the special area requirements by December 31st of the 
year 2008. The Act 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 second of the required annual reports. 
This report covers the period between 1 August 1994 and 31 July 1995. 
The end date of July 31st is necessary to allow time for data 
collection and report preparation. During the period 1 August 1994 
through 31 July 1995 there were no garbage discharges from Navy ships 
into MARPOL Annex V special areas that were not authorized under MARPOL 
Annex V.

    Dated: March 22, 1996.
M.D. Schetzsle,
LT, JAGC, USNR, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-8059 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]
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