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4.2.6.1 Bremen• Bremen Law on Port Waste Reception Facilities for Ships’ Wastes and Cargo Residues,November 2002.• Ordinance on Port Waste Reception Facilities and Fees for Ships’ Wastes and CargoResidues, February 2003.• Bremen Tariffs on Port Dues. December 2007.4.2.6.2 Hamburg• Law by the City of Hamburg on ship-generated waste and cargo residues. December 2002• Ordinance on the levying of a charge for the disposal of ship-generated waste (Ship-generatedWaste Charge Ordinance) as of 16 November 2004.4.2.6.3 Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)• Waste Management Law of Lower Saxony. March 2006• Regulation on the discharge of ship-generated waste and cargo residues in seaports. October2006.In addition, local public waste disposal authority statutes are applicable in:1. Stadt Emden, Frickensteinplatz 2, 26721 Emden.2. Stadt Wilhelmshaven, Rathaus, 26380 Wilhelmshaven.3. Stadt Cuxhaven, Rathausplatz 1, 27472 Cuxhaven.4. Landkreis Leer, Bergmannstraße 37,D - 26789 Leer.5. Landkreis Aurich, Fischteichweg 7-13, 26603 Aurich.6. Landkreis Wittmund - Am Markt 9 - 26409 Wittmund.7. Landkreis Friesland, Lindenallee 1, D-26441 Jever.8. Landkreis Wesermarsch, Poggenburger Straße 15, 26919 Brake.9. Landkreis Cuxhaven, Vincent-Lübeck-Str. 2, 27474 Cuxhaven.10. Landkreis Stade, Am Sande 2, 21682 Stade.4.2.6.4 Schleswig-Holstein• Waste Management Law of Schleswig-Holstein. January 1999.• Ordinance on the Disposal of Ships’ Wastes and Cargo Residues in Ports of Schleswig-HolsteinIn addition, statutes of local public waste authorities (municipalities) are applicable.4.2.7 UKThe implementation of national and local legislation related to marine litter in UK dictated by thefollowing acts (4.2.7.1. to 4.2.7.10).4.2.7.1 The Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997The Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997, which amended The Merchant ShippingAct 1995, brought in enabling powers for the Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and theRegions to require mandatory provision and use of port waste reception facilities, port wastemanagement plans and garbage record books. These enabling powers are to be exercisedthrough The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution from Garbage) Regulations 1998 and TheMerchant Shipping (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 1997.56
4.2.7.2 The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage)Regulations 1998The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Regulations 1998 replaced the 1988regulations of the same name in July 1998 and apply to UK ships wherever they may be, and toforeign ships in UK waters. The Regulations apply to small craft and yachts, fishing vessels,passenger ferries, cargo ferries, offshore platforms and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries; they prohibit thedisposal of plastics and oily wastes anywhere in UK waters and prohibit the disposal of other typesof pollutant within specific distances from nearest land.4.2.7.2.1 <strong>At</strong>lantic Ocean and Irish SeaThe dumping of the following waste types is prohibited within specific distances (see table 4.2).Table 4.2 Restriction on dumping waste at sea, from Merchant Shipping Regulations 1998Outside 25nautical milesnearest land12 to 25 nauticalmiles from land3 to 12 nautical milesfrom land0 to 3 nautical milesfrom nearest landPlasticsPlastics, lining &packaging materialsthat floatOily wastes Oily wastes Oily wastesPlastics, lining &packaging materials thatfloatGarbage if not ground toless than 25 mmNo waste or rubbish ofany kind may be thrownoverboard4.2.7.2.2 North Sea and English ChannelThe North Sea and the English Channel are declared Special Areas under the Regulations, anddumping of any waste is prohibited within 12 nautical miles of land. Beyond this limit, it is illegal todispose of any waste other than food wastes.Under the Regulations there is a requirement for all ships of 400 tonnes gross tonnage or moreand ships certified to carry 15 persons or more to:• Prepare a garbage management plan,• Display placards notifying crew and passengers of the disposal requirements for ships’ waste.• Maintain a Garbage Record Book, logging all waste discharge or incineration operations.Garbage record books should:• Record each day the volume, description and type of garbage arising from the normaloperation of the ship.• Record the date, time, volume, description and type of garbage placed into reception facilitiesat named UK ports.• Record the date, volume and method of disposal of any garbage from the ship by whatevermeans.Garbage Record Books must be available for inspection and port state control inspectors havepowers to take copies of entries, and detain vessels for the purposes of discharging their litter toreception facilities.Where clear evidence of illegal disposal of litter is available, alleged offenders can be prosecutedunder The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Regulations 1988. Themaximum fine was increased in 1998 from £5,000.00 (about €6,341.10) to £25,000.00 (about57
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