59 



INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 



In cooperation with the Department of State, the Coast Guard 

 will continue to develop opportunities to work with the 

 international community to solve marine environmental protection 

 problems. One regional issue of high priority with the Coast 

 Guard is bringing into effect the Special Area Requirements for 

 the Wider Caribbean Region under MARPOL Annex V. Special Areas 

 are specific water bodies within which especially stringent 

 discharge prohibitions have been established to protect them from 

 various types of ship-generated pollutants, in this case ship- 

 generated garbage. Actual enforcement of Special Area 

 requirements cannot begin until adequate port reception 

 facilities are in place. When the International Maritime 

 Organization receives sufficient notice of adequate reception 

 facilities from countries bordering the Special Area, parties to 

 the convention will be advised that Special Area rules will be 

 enforced after a period of 12 months. 



To promote this, the Coast Guard coordinated a multi-agency 

 MARPOL Annex V Enforcement Workshop in support of the World 

 Bank's Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Waste 

 Management Project. This workshop, held in Corpus Christi, Texas 

 from April 28-30, 1993, provided 24 ranking government officials 

 from the OECS, and interested international and regional 

 organizations, as well as industry, and nongovernmental 

 organizations, with information to facilitate implementation of 

 MARPOL Annex V. Ideas for implementing legislation and 



11 



