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Cruise Ship Discharge Assessment and the Draft Report | Cruise Ship Water Discharges | US EPA
(PDF) (3 pp, 58K) of availability and request for public comment on the Draft Cruise Ship Discharge Assessment Report (Draft Report). As such, EPA has initiated a 45-day public ... pp, 60K) provides some preliminary background information and recommendations regarding EPA’s assessment of cruise ship discharges. If you have problems accessing these scanned documents, please send an e-mail to ...
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Cruise Ship Water Discharges | Oceans, Coasts, & Estuaries | US EPA
Some of the waste streams generated by cruise ships include bilge water (water that collects in the lowest part of the ships hull ... Plume Tracking Study A survey conducted in August 2001 to estimate the dilution of cruise ship discharges into receiving waters. Public Hearings Three regional hearings conducted in September 2000 to gather ...
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Reef Relief - Coral Reef Conservation Program
Key West effort to require that all cruise ships honor the No Discharge Zone for boater sewage. Reef Relief is part of a ... . Click some of the following links for further reading: I. Protect Endangered Corals Campaign Cruise ship discharges continue: Committee grapples with environmental issue Government Recognizes Need to Protect Endangered Corals Protecting the ...
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WWF - Working for the environment in Europe
Read more 08 Jul 2008 International cruise ships are feeding the algal blooms in the Baltic Sea A majority of the international cruise ships ... to discharge their sewage straight into the sea. A plea by WWF to the cruise ship companies to stop their discharges of waste water has been met with refusal by most companies. » Read more 08 ...
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WWF - Environmental conservation work in Finland
Publications Projects Environmental conservation work in Finland Latest news and publications 08 Jul 2008 International cruise ships are feeding the algal blooms in the Baltic Sea A majority of the international cruise ... their sewage straight into the sea. A plea by WWF to the cruise ship companies to stop their discharges of waste water has been met with refusal by most companies. » Read more ...
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Earth Action Network Letters
Now ships can accommodate more than 5,000 passengers and crew. On a daily basis, a large cruise ship can generate up to 30,000 gallons of sewage or blackwater; 255,000 gallons of ... must treat their wastes to meet water quality standards and monitor, test and report all discharges. But cruise ships, which generate significant amounts of wastes, are exempt from basic Clean Water Act requirements. ...
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Earth Action Network Letters
Now ships can accommodate more than 5,000 passengers and crew. On a daily basis, a large cruise ship can generate up to 30,000 gallons of sewage or blackwater; 255,000 gallons of ... must treat their wastes to meet water quality standards and monitor, test and report all discharges. But cruise ships, which generate significant amounts of wastes, are exempt from basic Clean Water Act requirements. ...
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Reports
(Oceana, 2005). Sewage, grey water, hazardous waste, ... , and often may be exceeded by "treated" water being dumped by cruise ships. Technology already exists to adequately treat cruise ship pollution. Although the cost of installing such technology would be ...
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February 2005
Dr. Cohen also assisted former Senator Murkowski's staff on the drafting of the federal cruise ship law passed in 2000. Although a major step forward at the time, the current ... to observe wastewater treatment practices, inspect pollution control equipment, sample ship discharges, and monitor shipboard health and sanitation practices. A citizen's suit provision in the initiative will give Alaskans the ...
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04/18 - Senator Dick Durbin Introduces Clean Cruise Ship Act
Durbin says these measures are needed to keep pace ... industry, whose fleets include larger and larger vessels each year. "In one week, a large cruise ship generates 500,000 gallons of sewage, 37,000 gallons of oily bilge water and ...
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