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CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this document is to provide general guidance to naval architects and marine system designers for integrating environmental compliance requirements into new ship designs with minimal adverse impacts on operational capabilities, readiness, safety, survivability and crew's quality of life.

This document contains only the management policies, shipboard treatment possibilities, and some recommendations for different technologies. The functional requirements of treatment equipment are not described. In particular, this guidance contains the following aspects:

• introduction and application of environmental regulations,

• operational requirements considerations,

• shipboard MEP management strategies,

• design constraints and integration aspects.

• recommendations for waste management practices.

Some indications are given for optional MEP-equipment for possible waste treatment on board existing or new ships. Reference to optional scenarios and technologies presented in the NIAG report D(96)1 or in this document must be considered as a first non-exhaustive list of examples.

The present AMEPP, which is mentioned in ANEP-24, is part of the AMEPP series on MEP which include the following complementary documents:

• AMEPP 1 NATO navy pollution abatement policies

• AMEPP 2 : National navy regulation for the disposal of waste,

• AMEPP 3 : Shipboard pollution abatement equipment catalogue,

• AMEPP 4 : The present AMEPP in replacement of the« ship design guidance,

• AMEPP 5 : Ozone depleting substitute solvent and cleaning agent alternatives,

• AMEPP 6 : Hazardous materials offload guide

• AMEPP 7 : Glossary of terms and definitions in the AMEPP series

Some non exhaustive data relative to possible scenarios and technologies are also presented in the NIAG report D(96)1 about a «prefeasibility study on a NATO environmentally sound ship of the 21st century ».

Other documents as STANAG 4167 are directly linked to this AMEPP 4.

Considering their national policy, strategy, and abatement programmes, each country is encouraged to use this AMEPP in their own ship design in order to provide a common basis for the introduction of equipment and procedures to enhance standardization and interoperability, but remains free to choose the different options, scenarios and technologies proposed in this document.