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Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, [18] applies to ships and prohibits discharge of oil or hazardous substances in harmful quantities into or upon U.S. navigable waters, or into or upon the waters of the contiguous zone, or which may affect natural resources in the U.S. EEZ (extending 200 miles (320 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The registration is free of charge. The database contains more than 35.000 datasets about products approved under the EU Marine Equipment Directive. Also more than 5.000 datasets about products approved under the Mutual Recognition Agreement with the United States of America.
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In the 1840s, the United Kingdom brought onto the statute books legislation to control water pollution and was strengthened in 1876 in the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act [11] and was subsequently extended to all freshwaters in the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1951 and applied to coastal waters by the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution ...