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16 Cards in this Set
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Policy |
Overall plan that establishes goals but no means of getting there |
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Program |
A program is a plan or Austen that will provide the means to reach the goals. |
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Pollution produces |
Pollution produces physical and biological effects that can care from mildly irritating to lethal. Biological effects are the most serious of the two. |
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Most pollution |
Motor vehicles create the most pollution. |
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Primary municipal pollutants |
Are raw or inadequately treated sewage. |
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Sulfur oxide |
Causes steel to erode 2 to 4 times faster than normal |
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Pesticides |
Most pesticides are non-selective which means they kill or damage life forms other than their intended purpose. |
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Primary pollution concern |
The primary pollution concern of navy personnel is produced by shipboard waste |
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Clean Air Act |
Under the clean air act, each state it's responsible for assuring air quality. |
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MSDs |
The navy has installed marine sanitation devices (MSDs) on most of its ships. |
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Collecting, Holding, & Transferring (CHT) |
Some of the devices treat sewage to an acceptable level that allows for overboard discharge. Another system retains sewage on board for later proper discharge. This system is called CHT. |
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SOFA |
In foreign waters, navy vessels comply with the applicable Status of Forces Agreement when operating marine sanitation devices (MSDs). |
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Unpulped trash |
Vessels may not discharge Unpulped trash at sea within 25 nautical miles from the US. Pulped trash cannot be discharged within 12 nautical miles of the US Coastline. Vessels may not discharge any trash within 25 nautical miles of any foreign coastlines. US submarines may discharge negatively buoyant compacted trash not less than 12nm from the coast line, but only at depths of a greater than 1000 fathoms. |
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Petroleum |
The US gets most of its petroleum in the form of crude oil from the middle east countries |
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The following are the service woman's responsibilities regarding pregnancy: |
- Planning the pregnancy to meet family and military obligations - Confirming pregnancy at a military medical facility - Notifying the CO or OIC - Performing military duties while pregnant - Complying with work and task related and health recommendations |
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Pregnancy restrictions |
- No service woman may be assigned overseas or travel overseas after the 28th week of pregnancy - They will not remain aboard ship if it takes longer than 6hrs for medical evacuation to a treatment facility. - They cannot remain on board a deployed unit beyond 20wks of pregnancy - Normally the CO grants 6weeks (42days) convalescent leave after service woman has delivered the baby. |
