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Marine Tourism Best Management PracticesPeople For Puget Sound • pugetsound.org5. Unused and outdated Pharmaceuticals: Unused pharmaceuticals are returnedto the supplier for disposal;6. Fluorescent and Mercury Vapor Lamp Bulbs: Fluorescent bulbs are processedaboard in an approved device and the various components recycled~ glass,phosphor and mercury. A small number of odd shaped bulbs are sent ashorewhole for recycling.7. Batteries: Discarded batteries are isolated from garbage and recycled onshore.Intact wet-cell batteries are sent back to the supplier. Dry-cell batteries aremanifested to a licensed firm for recycling;8. Bilge and Oily Water Residue: Bilge and oily water residues are discharged sothe oil content of the discharged effluent is less than 15 ppm and will not leavea visible sheen on the surface of the water. No discharge is allowed in certainareas pursuant to Washington’s MOU. Holland vessels have an oil record book(MARPOL Regulation 9(b) and US Coast Guard regulations at 33 CFR 151) whichhas to be completed each time: (a) there is ballasting or cleaning of fuel oil tanks;(b) discharge of dirty ballast or cleaning water from the fuel oil tanks above; (c)disposal of oily residues and (d) discharge of bilge water that accumulated inmachinery spaces;9. Waste Reduction and Recycling: Holland has a waste reduction program thatrequires bulk purchases with minimum packaging. When the packaging is removed,heavy items such as wooden pallets are sent ashore for recycling and the paperis sent to their on-board incinerators. Holland recycles glass, aluminum, ferrousmetals, and paper in Victoria, BC or Vancouver, BC.10. Water Conservation and Reclamation: Each vessel uses it waste heat tooperate seawater evaporators to make fresh water. Holland also has a vacuumsewer system which limits flush water to 1 quart. On several more advancedvessels, they reuse some of their treated waste water for technical purposes.11. Incinerator Ash: Reduce the production of incinerator ash by…and test the ashat least once quarterly in the first year of operation to establish a baseline and thenevery year after that. Testing includes a number of heavy metals including arsenic,barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, selenium and silver. Batteries will beremoved from the incinerator waste stream;12. Graywater and Blackwater: Please see the MOU section above;13. Advanced Wastewater Purification Systems: Holland has AdvancedWastewater Purification Systems on nine of its ships. It is currently using in its22