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Disposal of used oil as a diesel extender in power plants is not a universally acceptable practice in the Pacific due to warrantee conditions placed on new electricity generating equipment

GEFPAS focal points have been contacted to supply contemporary used oil information, and contracted missions have been completed to Pohnpei, RMI and Fiji, with additional missions also completed opportunistically to Kiribati, Vanuatu and Niue.

A significant number of reports have been generated between 2011 and 2014 on the status of used oil management in 14 GEFPAS Pacific Island countries. When analysed as a region, these reports suggest a number of clear priorities existed in 2014 for regional used oil management interventions...

The development of the first Comprehensive Manual on Port Reception Facilities was agreed at the thirty second session of the Maritime Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in March 1992.

The Technical Cooperation Committee (TC), at its sixty-third session (10 to 12 July 2013), approved the Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme (ITCP) covering the 2014-2015 biennium (TC 63/14, paragraph 3.26), which is reflected in the High-level Action Plan of the Organization and its related thematic priorities, as contained in resolution A.1061(28)

At its sixty-second session, in July 2011, MEPC approved amendments to MARPOL Annexes I, II, IV, V and VI which will institutionalize regional arrangements for port reception facilities in unique circumstances