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A marine safety technician responds to a reported oil sheen in the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal in Wisconsin. In the United States, several federal agencies and laws have some jurisdiction over pollution from ships in U.S. waters. States and local government agencies also have responsibilities for ship-related pollution in some situations.
Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships; Long title: An Act to implement the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, and for other purposes. Acronyms (colloquial) APPS: Nicknames: Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships of 1980: Enacted by: the 96th United States Congress: Effective ...
Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act 1999 / no 8; Environmental (Prevention Of Pollution In Coastal Zone And Other Segments Of The Environment) Regulation, 2003; Fisheries Act (Chapter 378) Forests Act (Chapter 385) The Forests Act, 2005; Kenya Tourist Development Authority (Chapter 382) Kenya's Environment Management and Coordination ...
The Marine Equipment Directive, also known as Directive 2014/90/EU, often called MED (or M.E.D.) in everyday language, is an approval of equipment and products for the Marine industry. Initiative of the European Commission
The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972, commonly called the "London Convention" or "LC '72" and also abbreviated as Marine Dumping, is an agreement to control pollution of the sea by dumping and to encourage regional agreements supplementary to the convention.
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter; Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques; Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (ECE Water Convention), Helsinki, 1992
Marine pollution was a major area of discussion during the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm. That year also saw the signing of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, sometimes called the London Convention. The London Convention did not ban marine ...
No. of Contracting Parties/States [1] α % of the World Tonnage [1] β; Annex I: Prevention of pollution by oil & oily water: 2 October 1983: Annex II: Control of pollution by noxious liquid substances in bulk: 6 April 1987: Annex III: Prevention of pollution by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form: 1 July 1992: 138: 97.59 Annex ...