CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION BY DUMPING OF WASTES AND OTHER MATTER, 1972 AND ITS 1996 PROTOCOL

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1 E 4 ALBERT EMBANKMENT LONDON SE1 7SR Telephone: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) LC-LP.1/Circ February 2014 CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION BY DUMPING OF WASTES AND OTHER MATTER, 1972 AND ITS 1996 PROTOCOL Final report on permits issued in A summary report on dumping activities of Contracting Parties covering the year 2010 is attached hereto. 2 This report, which is attached hereto in English only, has been compiled by the Secretariat on the basis of the submissions received from Contracting Parties, directly or through regional bodies responsible for implementing instruments related to dumping or incineration of wastes at sea. Maps showing the locations of the wastes dumped have been added where provided. 3 The report covers in principle only permits issued in 2010, or where indicated, data on amounts actually dumped under permits issued in 2010 or in earlier years. Also, some of the actual dumping activities envisaged in the recorded permits may have taken place after The permits in this report are categorized in accordance with annex 1 to the London Protocol. 5 The information submitted by several Contracting Parties might not be complete, because reporting through secretariats of regional conventions did not always include information covering sea areas outside that regional convention area. 6 The use in this document of particular designations of countries and territories does not imply any judgement by the Secretariat as to the legal status of such countries or territories, of their authorities and institutions or of the delimitation of their boundaries. 7 In 2010 there were 86 States registered as Parties to the Convention and 39 States registered as Contracting Parties to the Protocol, 32 of which were also Party to the Convention. A total of 38 Parties provided reports on their dumping activities. 8 Contracting Parties are invited to take note of this report.

2 Page 2 REPORT ON PERMITS ISSUED IN 2010 Contents Table of Contents Table 1 Information on reports provided on activities in 2010 Table 2 (General) Permits issued in 2010 for disposal at sea Table 2.1 Table 2.2 Table 2.3 East Atlantic and adjacent waters (Northern and North Western Europe and Africa) Indian Ocean, Western Pacific and adjacent waters (East Asia, Australasia) West Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and adjacent waters (North, Central, South America and Caribbean) Table 3 Table 4 Special Permits and Emergency Permits issued in 2010 for disposal at sea Summary of all permits issued in 2010 for disposal at sea Appendix Maps indicating sites for dumping: Map 1: Map 2: Map 3: Map 4: Map 5: Map 6: Map 7: Map 8: Map 9: Map 10: Map 11: Map 12: Map 13: Map 14: Map 15: OSPAR region Belgium China France Germany Iceland Italy Japan Netherlands New Zealand Republic of Korea South Africa Spain United Kingdom United States Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the International Maritime Organization. ***

3 Annex, page 1 ANNEX Table 1: Information on reports provided on activities in 2010 Received by the Secretariat as at 30 January includes dumping activities in internal waters Number No Number No COUNTRY of Information COUNTRY of Information Permits Supplied Permits Supplied AFGHANISTAN X MONTENEGRO X ANGOLA (1) X MOROCCO X ANTIGUA/BARBUDA X NAURU X ARGENTINA (7) NIL NETHERLANDS 11 AUSTRALIA 20 NEW ZEALAND 9 AZERBAIJAN X NIGERIA X BARBADOS (7) NIL NORWAY 26 BELARUS X OMAN X BELGIUM 7 PAKISTAN X BOLIVIA X PANAMA (8) 7 BRAZIL 21 PAPUA NEW GUINEA X BULGARIA X PERU 1 CANADA 83 PHILIPPINES 55 CAPE VERDE X POLAND 9 CHILE 4 PORTUGAL X CHINA 321 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 13 - HONG KONG, CHINA (4) 136 RUSSIAN FEDERATION X COSTA RICA X SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS (1) X COTE D'IVOIRE X SAINT LUCIA X CROATIA X SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES X CUBA X SAUDI ARABIA (1) X CYPRUS (7) NIL SERBIA (2) X DEM. REP. CONGO X SEYCHELLES X DENMARK 28 SIERRA LEONE X DOMINICAN REP. X SLOVENIA X EGYPT 5 SOLOMON ISLANDS X EQUATORIAL GUINEA X SOUTH AFRICA 11 FINLAND (6) NI SPAIN 34 FRANCE 78 SURINAME X GABON X SWEDEN 21 GEORGIA (1) X SWITZERLAND X GERMANY 17 TONGA X GHANA X TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (1) X GREECE X TUNISIA X GUATEMALA NIL UKRAINE X HAITI X UNITED ARAB EMIRATES X HONDURAS X UNITED KINGDOM 119 HUNGARY (7) NIL UNITED STATES 18 ICELAND 4 VANUATU (7) NIL IRAN X IRELAND 8 ITALY 3 BAHAMAS (3, 8) 1 JAMAICA 2 JAPAN 48 JORDAN X KENYA NIL KIRIBATI X LIBYA X LUXEMBOURG X MALTA X MARSHALL ISLANDS (1) NIL MEXICO 49 TOTAL 1,169 MONACO X Contracting Parties not reporting: 55 (1) Countries are Party to the London Protocol only (bolded) (2) Formerly reported under Yugoslavia (3) Not Party to the Convention or Protocol (4) China ratification is effective in respect of Hong Kong, China, which is however, reporting independently (5) In 2010 there were 86 Parties to the Convention and 39 to the Protocol, 32 of who are also Party to the Convention (shaded) (6) NI - no information received on number of permits, only amounts disposed (7) NIL - Report submitted, but no dumping permits issued (8) Information or part thereof submitted by operator/surveyor/monitor

4 Annex, page 2 (General) Permits issued in 2010 for disposal at sea Table 2.1 East Atlantic and adjacent waters (Northern and North Western Europe and Africa) Number Quantity licensed or disposed (in tonnes ) 2/ Location C o u n t r y T y p e o f w a s t e permits Atlantic North English Irish Other of site(s) issued Ocean Sea Channel Sea Areas 1/ BELGIUM Dredged material 5/ 7 Map 2 Maintenance dredging 25,026,727 Capital dredging 27,136,010 DENMARK Dredged material 5/ 28 Maintenance dredging 2,420,955 Capital dredging 1,155,481 FINLAND Dredged material NI Maintenance dredging 16,290 Baltic Sea Capital dredging 2,573,823 FRANCE Dredged Material Map 4 Maintenance dredging 3/ 69 71,247,600 North East Atlantic ocean and the North Sea Maintenance dredging 4/ 6 14,968,000 Mediterranean Sea GERMANY Dredged material 5/ Map 5 Maintenance dredging 17 32,124,000 Map 6 ICELAND Dredged material 5/ 4 Capital dredging 341,600 Maintenance dredging 292,373 IRELAND Dredged material 5/ 8 Maintenance dredging 362,187 ITALY Dredged Material (Maintenance) 3 41,470 Map 7 (Mediterranean Sea) NETHERLANDS Dredged Material (Maintenance) 5/ 11 21,146,846 Map 9 NORWAY Dredged Material 5/ ,059 Inert material Rock material/gravel/sand/silt 5 42,059 Fish Waste 1 1 POLAND Dredged material 9 Maintenance dredging 472,259 Baltic Sea Capital dredging 51,395 SPAIN Dredged material 5/ 34 Map 13 Maintenance dredging 1,878,181 Capital dredging 993,960 SWEDEN Dredged material 21 Maintenance dredging 68,589 Kattegat, Skagerrak, Baltic Sea and Capital dredging 3,487,115 Bothnian Sea UNITED KINGDOM Dredged material 5/ 118 Map 14 Maintenance dredging 14,307,227 Capital dredging 872,274 Fish Waste 1 1,708 1/ Figures refer to Maps in Appendix and to dumpsite codes indicated in these maps. 2/ Dumped amount in tonnes dry-weight, unless otherwise indicated. 3/ Sixty nine permits were issued in only thirty eight were used. 4/ Six permits were issued in only two were used. 5/ Data from OSPAR.

5 Annex, page 3 (General) Permits issued in 2010 for disposal at sea Table 2.2 Indian Ocean, Western Pacific and adjacent waters (East Asia, Australasia) Number Quantity licenced or disposed (in tonnes) 2/ of Location C o u n t r y T y p e o f w a s t e permits South West East Asian Indian of site(s) issued Pacific Seas Ocean Other 1/ AUSTRALIA Dredged material 3, 8/ 12 Australian waters Maintenance dredging 4,599,065 Capital dredging 14,335,463 Sewage sludge 2 Up to a maximum of 22,000 L Organic material of natural origin 5/ 5 Platforms 1 BAHAMAS Spoilt cargo 7/ MT Wet damaged bulk wheat Map 3 CHINA Dredged material 3/ ,754,000 Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea 138,437,000 East China Sea 29,250,000 South China Sea Hong Kong, China Dredged material 3/ ,121,659 Maintenance and capital dredging EGYPT Dredged material 3/ 4 2,314,050 Platforms 1 Map 8 JAPAN Dredged material 4/ 32 2,545,409 Sea of Japan and Pacific Ocean Maintenance dredging Organic material of natural origin 6/ 10 Organic material & livestock excreta Inert geological material 5 1,825,543 Pacific Ocean Inert Inorganic Geological Material Platform 1 24,541 Pacific Ocean NEW ZEALAND Dredged material 6 Map 10 Maintenance dredging 1,530,801 Capital dredging 31,178 Organic material of natural origin 2 Human remains Vessels 1 40 PHILIPPINES Organic material of natural origin 55 Slops/organic waste Dried drill cuttings with mud Non-toxic waste from molasses Mud materials 63,000 MT 824 MT 720 MT 210,000 MT REPUBLIC OF KOREA Dredged material 4 218,932 Map 11 Fish Waste 3 7,504 Sewage sludge 3 556,354 Organic material of natural origin 3 62 SOUTH AFRICA Dredged material 4/ 9 2,770,624 Map 12 Vessels 2 1/Figures refer to Maps in Appendix and to dumpsite codes indicated in these maps. 6/Ten permits issued, but no material dumped. 2/Amount in tonnes dry-weight or as indicated. 7/Information submitted by operator/surveyor/monitor. 3/Amount reported in cubic meters (V) and unless specified, converted to tonnes dry-weight by 1.3 x V. 8/4,537,595 cubmic meters dumped under permits issued in 2010 and 14,565,021 cubic meters dumped from all existing permits. 4/Wet weight. 5/Burials at sea.

6 Annex, page 4 (General) Permits issued in 2010 for disposal at sea Table 2.3: West Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and adjacent waters (North, Central, South America and Caribbean) Number Quantity licensed or disposed (in tonnes) 2/ of Location C o u n t r y T y p e o f w a s t e permits W Atlantic E Pacific Arctic Other of site(s) issued Ocean Ocean seas areas 1/ BRAZIL Dredged material 3/ 21 19,347,857 SW Atlantic Ocean CANADA Dredged material Maintenance ,279 1,814,618 Inert geological material 4 157,325 Fish waste 45 31,538 CHILE Dredged material 4 364,000 FRANCE (Overseas) Dredged material 4/ 3 3,540,966 Overseas JAMAICA 2 318,500 MEXICO Dredged material 10 32,447,173 3,325,790 Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea Fish waste Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea Benthos mud Bulky Wastes (Artificial reefs contruction) , pieces 141, pieces Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea Inert geological material 2 8,320,000 Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea Sand Other materials 5 69,621 Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean Sea Mud and water-based testing residues PANAMA Dredged material 3/ 4 Maintenance dredging 130,000 Capital dredging 780,000 Spoilt cargo 7/ 3 Superphosphate fertiliser 150 MT South Atlantic Ocean Yellow corn 1,450 MT North Atlantic Ocean Longrain white rice 113 MT South Atlantic Ocean PERU Other materials 5/ 1 14,400 Drilling sludge UNITED STATES Dredged material 2/ 16 Map 15 Maintenance dredging 36,683,679 Capital dredging 4,977,953 Fish waste 6/ 2 23,482,450 gallons 1/Map figures, where appropriate, refer to Maps in Appendix and to dumpsite codes indicated. 5/Uncontaminated drilling residues 2/Dumped amount in tonnes dry-weight (i.e., dredged material). 6/Annual limit (limit of 200,000 gallons per day, via vessel - disposal site has radius of 1.5 nm (since 1998)). 3/Dumped amount in cubic meters (V) and unless specified, converted to tonnes dry-weight by 1.3 x V. 7/Information submitted by operator/syrveyor/monitor 4/Three permits were issued in only one was used.

7 Annex, page 5 Table 3 Special Permits and Emergency Permits issued in 2010 for disposal at sea Number Location C o u n t r y T y p e o f w a s t e of Quantity Geographical area of site permits or Size BAHAMAS Spoilt cargo (wet damaged bulk wheat) 1/ MT Indian Ocean 20 00' N, 90 30' E PANAMA Spoilt cargo (caked superphosphate fertiliser) 1/ MT South Atlantic Ocean 37 29' S, 52 30' W Spoilt cargo (yellow corn) 1/ 1 1,450 MT North Atlantic Ocean 20 30' N, 72 00' E Spoilt cargo (long grain white rice) 1/ MT South Atlantic Ocean 18 00' N, 22 00' W 1/ Information submitted by operator/surveyor/monitor.

8 Annex, page 6 Table 4 Summary of permits issued in 2010 for disposal at sea G e n e r a l P e r m i t s S p e c i a l P e r m i t s C O U N T R Y Dredged Other Vessels/ Other Total material matter Platforms matter number 1/ 2/ permits Australia Bahamas 1 1 Belgium 7 7 Brazil Chile 4 4 Canada China Hong Kong, China Denmark Egypt France Germany Iceland 4 4 Ireland 8 8 Italy 3 3 Jamaica 2 2 Japan Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Panama Peru 1 1 Philippines Poland 9 9 Republic of Korea South Africa Spain Sweden United Kingdom United States T o t a l ,169 1/Materials other than dredged material, such as, vessels, fish waste, inert geological materials, sludge, wastewater, etc. 2/Materials other than vessels and only applicable to London Convention Parties who are not Party to the Protocol.

9 Annex, page 7 Appendix Map 1 Dumping sites in the OSPAR region in 2010

10 Annex, page 8 Map 2 Dumping sites in Belgium in 2010

11 Annex, page 9 Map 3a Dumping sites in China (mainland) in The dumping sites of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea 3.2 The dumping sites of the East China Sea.

12 Annex, page The dumping sites of the South China Sea

13 Annex, page 11 Map 3b Dumping sites in Hong Kong, China, in 2010 The dumping sites of Hong Kong, China.

14 Annex, page 12 Map 4 Dumping sites in France in 2010

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17 Annex, page 15 Map 5 Dumping sites in Germany in 2010

18 Annex, page 16 Map 6 Dumping sites in Iceland in 2010

19 Annex, page 17 Map 7 Dumping sites in Italy in 2010

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21 Annex, page 19 Map 8 Dumping sites in Japan in 2010

22 Annex, page 20 Map 9 Dumping sites in the Netherlands in 2010

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24 Annex, page 22 Map 10 Dumping sites in New Zealand in 2010

25 Annex, page 23 Map 11 Dumping sites in the Republic of Korea in 2010 ROK/4, dredged material dumping sites

26 Annex, page 24 Map 12 Dumping sites in South Africa in 2010 Illustration of dump sites utilized in 2010, some waypoints are overshadowed by others. The sites used include SA/02: Port of Richards Bay, SA/03: Port of Durban, SA/10: Port of East London, SA/07: Port of Ngqura, SA/06: Port of Port Elizabeth, SA/13: Port of Cape Town, SA/16: Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, SA/20: Vessel Scuttle Site, and SA/21: Vessel Scuttle Site.

27 Annex, page 25 Dump site for the Ports of Richards Bay (SA/02) for the disposal of dredged spoil. Dump site for the Port of Durban (SA/03).

28 Annex, page 26 Dump site for the Port of Mossel Bay (SA/12). Dump site for the Port of East London (SA/10).

29 Annex, page 27 Dump sites for the Port of Cape Town (SA/13) and Koeberg Nuclear Power Station (SA/16). Dump sites for the Port of Ngqura (SA/07) and the Port of Port Elizabeth (SA/06).

30 Annex, page 28 Scuttle sites for the vessel "Betti" fishing trawler (SA/20) and scuttle site for the vessel "SAS Rene Sethren" (SA/21).

31 Annex, page 29 Map 13 Dumping sites in Spain in 2010

32 Annex, page 30 Map 14 Dumping sites in the United Kingdom in 2010

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36 Annex, page 34 Map 15 Dumping sites in the United States in 2010 This set of figures contains the locations of the United States dredge disposal sites located in the ocean. These sites are shown graphically and broken down by United States Army Corp of Engineers coastal districts showing the approximate location of these sites. Districts start in the northeast corner of the United States and wrap around to the northwest corner in order. Detailed location and site information on every ocean disposal site may be obtained from the Ocean Disposal Web site (

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