107 STAT. 1746 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 33 USC 1902. (b) SPECIAL AREA DISCHARGES. —Section 3 of such Act is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (g), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): "(c) DISCHARGES IN SPECIAL AREAS.—(1) Not later than December 31, 2000, all surface ships owned or operated by the Department of the Navy, and not later than December 31, 2008, all submersibles owned or operated by the Department of the Navy, shall compK^ with the special area requirements of Reflation 5 of Annex V to the Convention. "(2) Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, the Secretary of the Navy shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Admmistrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, submit to the Congress a plan for the compliance by all ships owned or operated by the Department of the Navy with the requirements set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection. Such plan shall be submitted after opportunity for public participation in its preparation, and for public review and comment. "(3) If the Navy plan for compliance demonstrates that compliance with the requirements set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection is not tecnnologically feasible in the case of certain ships under certain circumstances, the plan shall include information describing— 'AA) the ships for which full compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection is not technologically feasible; "(B) the technical and operational impediments to achieving such compliance; "(C) a proposed alternative schedule for achieving such compliance as rapidlj^ as is technologically feasible; and "(D) such other information as the Secretary of the Navy considers relevant and appropriate. "(4) Upon receipt of the compliance plan under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Congress may modify the applicability of paragraph (1) of this subsection, as appropriate.". (c) COMPLIANCE MEASURES. —Section 3 of such Act is amended by inserting after subsection (d), as redesignated by subsection (b)(D, the following new subsection:
- (e) COMPLIANCE BY EXCLUDED VESSELS. —(1) The Secretary
of the Navy shall develop and, as appropriate, support the development of technologies and practices for solid waste management aboard ships owned or operated by the Department of the Navy, including technologies and practices for the reduction of the waste stream generated aboard such ships, that are necessary to ensure the compliance of such ships with Annex V to the Convention on or before the dates referred to in subsections (b)(2)(A) and (c)(1) of this section. "(2) Notwithstanding any effective date of the application of this section to a ship, the provisions of Annex V to the Convention with respect to the disposal of plastic shall apply to ships equipped with plastic processors required for the long-term collection and storage of plastic aboard ships of the Navy upon the installation of such processors in such ships. ,^ ~
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