"The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) has two basic aims: to regulate
intentional ocean disposal of materials, and to authorize related research. Permit and enforcement
provisions of the law are often referred to as the Ocean Dumping Act. The basic provisions of the
act have remained virtually unchanged since 1972, when it was enacted to establish a
comprehensive waste management system to regulate disposal or dumping of all materials into
marine waters that are within U.S. jurisdiction, although a number of new authorities have been
added. This report presents a summary of the law..."
Ocean dumping
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment