2		THE WORKLNG GROUP ON THE PORT WASTE RECEPTION FACILITY WORKING GROUP
	1	The purpose of the Working Group is to facilitate means of improving the availability and use of port waste reception facilities for shipping on a global basis,
	2	The Working Group is to address the above objective by undertaking the following tasks;
		(i)	review existing definitions of adequacy of port waste reception facilities as stated in the IMO publication, Comprehensive Manual on Port Reception Facilities, or any other publication and receive input from interested parties on the meaning of "adequate";
		(ii)	define the parameters for reception facilities based on the different types of ships' waste identified in the Annexes to MARPOL 73/78;
		(iii)	determine a methodology or generic action plan to assist countries to undertake a review of their port waste reception facilities with the objective of:
		-	identifying any short fall;
		-	identifing practical problems ports face in developing or implementing port management strategies; and
		-	identifying problems in relation to receiving; treating, collecting waste from ships including the interface between ships and waste reception facility providers and in disposing of waste;
		(iv)	develop measures to ensure improved communication between ships, ports and waste reception facility providers;
		(v)	develop criteria for the use of IMO in determine a list, for circulation, of ports with inadequate or no waste reception facilities;
		(vi)	develop a generic port waste management plan which could be used by the administration in any country to assist it in providing a national port waste reception strategy or national plan. This plan may be suitable for assisting ports in obtaining funding for the establishment of adequate port waste reception facilitles; and
		(vil)	provide an analysis of successful port waste reception regimes.

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