[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64465-64466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31054]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Plastic Processor Installations on Navy Ships

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, 33 
U.S.C. 1902(e)(4)(B), the Secretary of Defense must report, beginning 
October 1, 1996, and each year until October 1, 1998, a list of the 
names of ships equipped with plastic processors. This notice is the 
third and final 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 #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. One of the discharges specified 
for restriction under MARPOL Annex V is plastics.
    The Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, 33 U.S.C. 1902(e)(2), 
requires Navy ships equipped with plastics processors to comply with 
MARPOL Annex V provisions for the disposal of plastics. The law also 
establishes an installation schedule for plastic processor equipment 
aboard Navy ships. The first production unit was required to be 
installed by July 1, 1996, onboard a ship owned or operated by the 
Navy. At least 25 percent of Navy ships requiring processors were to be 
equipped by March 1, 1997. At least 50 percent of ships requiring 
processors were to be equipped by July 1, 1997. No less than 75 percent 
of ships requiring processors were to be equipped by July 1, 1998, and 
all vessels requiring plastics processors shall be equipped by December 
31, 1998. The statute further requires the Secretary of Defense to 
report in the Federal Register the list of

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the names of Navy ships equipped with plastic processors.
    This Federal Register notice is the third and final required annual 
report. On October 1, 1998, 177 ships had been equipped with plastic 
processors. Plastic processors have now been installed on 94 percent of 
those ships requiring this equipment. Completion of plastic processor 
installations on 100 percent of Navy ships requiring this equipment 
will be completed by December 31, 1998. The list of 177 Navy ships 
equipped with plastic processors as of October 1, 1998 follows.

 
 
 
AGF........................     0011  CORONADO
AO.........................     0178  MONONGAHELA
AO.........................     0180  WILLIAMETTE
AOE........................     0001  SACRAMENTO
AOE........................     0002  CAMDEN
AOE........................     0003  SEATTLE
AOE........................     0004  DETROIT
AOE........................     0006  SUPPLY
AOE........................     0007  RAINIER
AOE........................     0008  ARCTIC
ARS........................     0050  SAFEGUARD
ARS........................     0051  GRASP
ARS........................     0052  SALVOR
ARS........................     0053  GRAPPLE
AS.........................     0039  EMORY S LAND
AS.........................     0040  FRANK CABLE
CG.........................     0047  TICONDEROGA
CG.........................     0049  VINCENNES
CG.........................     0050  VALLEY FORGE
CG.........................     0051  THOMAS S GATES
CG.........................     0052  BUNKER HILL
CG.........................     0053  MOBILE BAY
CG.........................     0054  ANTIETAM
CG.........................     0055  LEYTE GULF
CG.........................     0056  SAN JACINTO
CG.........................     0057  LAKE CHAMPLAIN
CG.........................     0058  PHILIPPINE SEA
CG.........................     0059  PRINCETON
CG.........................     0060  NORMANDY
CG.........................     0061  MONTEREY
CG.........................     0062  CHANCELLORSVILLE
CG.........................     0063  COWPENS
CG.........................     0064  GETTYSBURG
CG.........................     0065  CHOSIN
CG.........................     0067  SHILOH
CG.........................     0068  ANZIO
CG.........................     0070  LAKE ERIE
CG.........................     0071  CAPE ST GEORGE
CG.........................     0072  VELLA GULF
CG.........................     0073  PORT ROYAL
CGN........................     0037  SOUTH CAROLINA
CV.........................     0063  KITTY HAWK
CV.........................     0064  CONSTELLATION
CV.........................     0067  JOHN F KENNEDY
CVN........................     0065  ENTERPRISE
CVN........................     0069  DWIGHT D EISENHOWER
CVN........................     0070  CARL VINSON
CVN........................     0071  THEODORE ROOSEVELT
CVN........................     0072  ABRAHAM LINCOLN
CVN........................     0074  JOHN C STENNIS
CVN........................     0075  HARRY S TRUMAN
DD.........................     0963  SPRUANCE
DD.........................     0964  PAUL F FOSTER
DD.........................     0965  KINKAID
DD.........................     0966  HEWIT
DD.........................     0967  ELLIOT
DD.........................     0968  ARTHUR W RADFORD
DD.........................     0960  PETERSON
DD.........................     0970  CARON
DD.........................     0971  DAVID R RAY
DD.........................     0972  OLDENDORF
DD.........................     0973  JOHN YOUNG
DD.........................     0975  O'BRIEN
DD.........................     0977  BRISCOE
DD.........................     0978  STUMP
DD.........................     0979  CONOLLY
DD.........................     0980  MOOSEBRUGGER
DD.........................     0981  JOHN HANCOCK
DD.........................     0982  NICHOLSON
DD.........................     0983  JOHN RODGERS
DD.........................     0987  O'BANNON
DD.........................     0988  THORN
DD.........................     0989  DEYO
DD.........................     0990  INGERSOLL
DD.........................     0991  FIFE
DD.........................     0992  FLETCHER
DD.........................     0997  HAYLER
DDG........................     0051  ARLEIGH BURKE
DDG........................     0052  JOHN BARRY
DDG........................     0053  JOHN PAUL JONES
DDG........................     0054  CURTIS WILBUR
DDG........................     0055  STOUT
DDG........................     0056  JOHN S MCCAIN
DDG........................     0057  MITSCHER
DDG........................     0058  LABOON
DDG........................     0059  RUSSELL
DDG........................     0060  PAUL HAMILTON
DDG........................     0061  RAMAGE
DDG........................     0062  FITZGERALD
DDG........................     0063  STETHEM
DDG........................     0064  CARNEY
DDG........................     0065  BENFOLD
DDG........................     0066  GONZALEZ
DDG........................     0067  COLE
DDG........................     0068  THE SULLIVANS
DDG........................     0069  MILIUS
DDG........................     0070  HOPPER
DDG........................     0071  ROSS
DDG........................     0072  MAHAN
DDG........................     0073  DECATUR
DDG........................     0074  MCFAUL
DDG........................     0075  DONALD COOK
DDG........................     0994  CALLAGHAN
DDG........................     0995  SCOTT
DDG........................     0996  CHANDLER
FFG........................     0008  MCINERNEY
FFG........................     0009  WADSWORTH
FFG........................     0012  GEORGE PHILIP
FFG........................     0014  SIDES
FFG........................     0015  ESTOCIN
FFG........................     0029  STEPHEN W GROVES
FFG........................     0032  JOHN L HALL
FFG........................     0033  JARRETT
FFG........................     0036  UNDERWOOD
FFG........................     0037  CROMMELIN
FFG........................     0038  CURTS
FFG........................     0039  DOYLE
FFG........................     0040  HALYBURTON
FFG........................     0041  MCCLUSKY
FFG........................     0042  KLAKRING
FFG........................     0043  THACH
FFG........................     0045  DEWERT
FFG........................     0056  RENTZ
FFG........................     0047  NICHOLAS
FFG........................     0048  VANDEGRIFT
FFG........................     0049  ROBERT G BRADLEY
FFG........................     0050  TAYLOR
FFG........................     0051  GARY
FFG........................     0052  CARR
FFG........................     0053  HAWES
FFG........................     0054  FORD
FFG........................     0055  ELROD
FFG........................     0056  SIMPSON
FFG........................     0057  REUBEN JAMES
FFG........................     0058  SAMUEL B ROBERTS
FFG........................     0059  KAUFFMAN
FFG........................     0060  RODNEY M DAVIS
FFG........................     0061  INGRAHAM
LCC........................     0019  BLUE RIDGE
LCC........................     0020  MOUNT WHITNEY
LHA........................     0001  TARAWA
LHA........................     0002  SAIPAN
LHA........................     0003  BELLEAU WOOD
LHA........................     0004  NASSAU
LHA........................     0005  PELELIU
LHD........................     0001  WASP
LHD........................     0002  ESSEX
LHD........................     0003  KEARSARGE
LHD........................     0004  BOXER
LHD........................     0005  BATAAN
LHD........................     0006  BONHOMME RICHARD
LPD........................     0004  AUSTIN
LPD........................     0005  OGDEN
LPD........................     0006  DULUTH
LPD........................     0007  CLEVELAND
LPD........................     0008  DUBUQUE
LPD........................     0009  DENVER
LPD........................     0010  JUNEAU
LPD........................     0012  SHEVEPORT
LPD........................     0013  NASHVILLE
LPD........................     0014  TRENTON
LPD........................     0015  PONCE
LSD........................     0036  ANCHORAGE
LSD........................     0037  PORTLAND
LSD........................     0039  MOUNT VERNON
LSD........................     0041  WHIDBEY ISLAND
LSD........................     0042  GERMANTOWN
LSD........................     0043  FORT MCHENRY
LSD........................     0044  GUNSTON HALL
LSD........................     0045  COMSTOCK
LSD........................     0046  TORTUGA
LSD........................     0047  RUSHMORE
LSD........................     0048  ASHLAND
LSD........................     0049  HARPERS FERRY
LSD........................     0050  CARTER HALL
LSD........................     0051  OAK HILL
MCS........................     0012  INCHON
 

    Dated: November 10, 1998.
Ralph W. Corey,
Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 
Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-31054 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]
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