Cruise Ship Pollution

Describes the several types of waste streams that cruise ships may discharge and emit. This book identifies the complex body of international and domestic laws that address pollution from cruise ships. It also describes federal and state legislative activity concerning cruise ships in Alaskan waters and activities in a few other states.

Meanwhile, the cruise industry has voluntarily undertaken initiatives to improve pollution prevention, by adopting waste management guidelines and procedures and researching new technologies. Concerns about cruise ship pollution raise issues for Congress in three broad areas: adequacy of laws and regulations, research needs, and oversight and enforcement of existing requirements. Legislation to regulate cruise ship discharges of sewage, graywater, and bilge water nationally has been introduced in the 110th Congress (S. 2881). This book describes the several types of waste streams that cruise ships may discharge and emit. It identifies the complex body of international and domestic laws that address pollution from cruise ships. It then describes federal and state legislative activity concerning cruise ships in Alaskan waters and activities in a few other states, as well as current industry initiatives to manage cruise ship pollution.

Preface
Cruise Ship Discharge Assessment Report
Cruise Ship Pollution: Background, Laws and Regulations, and Key Issues
Index.