DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE DEFINITION OF “DUMPING” IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS FOR COMMERCIAL SHIPPING IN CANADA 3 BOX 1 INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION The 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter from Ships (MARPOL) was adopted in 1973 to prevent 1972 (London Protocol) defines. [...] the storage on the seabed, in the subsoil of the seabed or Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and for on the ice in any area of the sea of a substance that comes Dangerous Chemicals (2007). [...] the deposit of a substance on the ice in an area of the sea; discharge’ act that prohibits the deposit of any kind of waste in e. [...] SEWAGE Canada has not formally acceded to MARPOL Annex Sewage, also known as blackwater, is the general term for IV; however, acts in accordance with these international human body waste, and may extend to water from toilets and regulations under the Canada Shipping Act (2001) in Division waste from medical facilities and live animal sites.8 4 of the Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution fro. [...] Between 1988 to 1997, MARPOL Annex V, and in Canada under Division 5 of the international operational discharges have been estimated at Regulations for approximately 200,000 tonnes annually.35 the Prevention Disposal at sea of garbage, of Pollution The impact of oil discharges depends on the properties of the from Ships and oil, toxicity, volume and discharge location.36 Oil discharges including p.
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