Marine Pollution Law and Legal Definition
Marine pollution refers to the entry of chemicals, particles, industrial, agricultural and residential waste, noise, or the spread of invasive organisms, into the ocean. Most sources of marine pollution are agricultural runoff and wind blown debris. The increase in the use of plastic since 1940 has resulted in the increase of a huge quantity of nearly indestructible, lightweight material floating in the oceans thereby resulting in marine pollution. This necessitated the need for enacting the four federal laws in U.S such as Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, Oil Pollution Prevention, Response, Liability, and Compensation Act, and Coastal Zone Management Act.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships
- Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution
- Air Pollution Control Agency
- Antarctic Marine Living Resource Convention Act of 1984
- Antarctic Marine Living Resources
- Certified Pollution Control Facility
- Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
- Federal Implementation Plan [Pollution Prevention]
- Fleet Marine Force [FMF]
- Genetic Pollution
