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Development of Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plans for NLS

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

January 20, 2004

The U.S. Coast Guard issued a Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) providing guidance for development of marine pollution emergency plans for noxious liquid substances (NLS) pursuant to Regulation 16 of Annex II of MARPOL 73/78. The NVIC will also be used in compliance determinations on foreign vessels calling in U.S. ports. Source: HK Law
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