Marine Pollution Control Device

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016569",
  "term": "Marine Pollution Control Device",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Abbreviated MPCD, any equipment or management practice installed or used on an Armed Forces vessel that is designed to receive, retain, treat, control, or discharge a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, and that is determined by the Administrator and Secretary to be the most effective equipment or management practice to reduce the environmental impacts of the discharge consistent with the considerations in Clean Water Act section 312(n)(2)(B).",
  "abbreviation": "MPCD",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 1700.3 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/marine-pollution-control-device/"
}