[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR671.13]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                 CHAPTER VI--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 

PART 671_WASTE REGULATION--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart D_Waste Management

 

Sec. 671.13  Waste management for the USAP.



    (a) In order to provide a basis for tracking USAP wastes, and to 

facilitate studies aimed at evaluating the environmental impacts of 

scientific activity and logistic support, the USAP shall classify its 

wastes in one of the following categories:

    (1) Sewage and domestic liquid wastes;

    (2) Other liquid wastes and chemicals, including fuels and 

lubricants;

    (3) Solid wastes to be combusted;

    (4) Other solid wastes; and

    (5) Radioactive material.

    (b) USAP shall prepare and annually review and update a waste 

management plan (including plans for waste reduction, storage and 

disposal) specifying for each of its permanent stations, field camps and 

ships (other than small boats that are part of the operations of 

permanent stations or are otherwise taken into account in existing 

management plans for ships):

    (1) Current and planned waste management arrangements, including 

final disposal;

    (2) Current and planned arrangement for assessing the environmental 

effects of waste and waste management;

    (3) Other efforts to minimize environmental effects of wastes and 

waste management; and

    (4) Programs for cleaning up existing waste disposal sites and 

abandoned work sites.

    (c) USAP shall designate one or more waste management officials to 

develop and monitor waste management plans and ensure that members of 

expeditions receive training so as to limit the impact of their 

activities on the Antarctic environment, and to inform them of the 

requirements of the Protocol and of this Part.

    (d) USAP shall, to the extent practicable, prepare an inventory of 

locations of past activities (i.e., traverses, fuel depots, field bases, 

crashed aircraft) so that such locations can be taken into account in 

planning future scientific, logistic and waste management programs.

    (e) USAP shall clean up its past and present waste disposal sites on 

land and abandoned work sites, except that it shall not be required to:

    (1) Remove any structure designated as a historic site or monument; 

or

    (2) Remove any structure or waste in circumstances where the removal 

would result in greater adverse environmental impact than leaving the 

structure or waste in its existing location.

    (f) USAP shall circulate waste management plans and inventories 

described in this section in accordance with the requirements of the 

Treaty and the Protocol.