UK Disposal Site Layer

A GIS Shapefile showing the extents of the Licenced Marine Disposal Sites for all
of UK, including England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and
Isle of Man. Marine Disposal Sites are regulated under the London Convention /
London Protocol of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), wherein disposal
of waste at sea ("disposal at sea") is prohibited except for certain exempt
materials (Annex 1 at
`https://www.imo.org/en/OurWork/Environment/Pages/London-Convention-Protocol.aspx`_
[accessed 6th June 2023]). To dispose of an exempt material at sea, a disposal
site must be identified, characterised and designated, such that reporting of
annual disposal at sea volumes can be made to the IMO biennially, and OSPAR
annually. This dataset comprises the repository of these designated sites.

Upon designation, a site is considered "Open"; available to that regulator for
licensing. If the site has had no licensed disposals in more than 5 years, it is
considered "Disused"; available to that regulator for licensing but may require
additional supporting evidence. If the site has had no licensed disposals in more
than 10 years, it is considered "Closed"; not available to that regulator for
licensing. A regulator can also request that an Open or Disused site with disposal
activity within 10 years be considered Closed on request.

A number of these sites are considered "historic" or "legacy" disposal sites,
which whilst being officially designated with the UK's ratification of the London
Convention / London Protocol, were used before the treaty came into force. Sites
identified, characterised and designated after the UK's ratification are
considered new disposal sites.

.. _`https://www.imo.org/en/ourwork/environment/pages/london-convention-protocol.aspx`:
https://www.imo.org/en/OurWork/Environment/Pages/London-Convention-Protocol.aspx

本数据集展示英国（包括英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰、北爱尔兰、泽西岛、根西岛以及马恩岛）所有获许可的海洋处置场所的地理范围。海洋处置场所受国际海事组织（IMO）的伦敦公约/伦敦议定书规范，其中规定除特定豁免材料外，禁止在海中处置废物（即“海洋处置”）（详情请见`https://www.imo.org/en/OurWork/Environment/Pages/London-Convention-Protocol.aspx` [访问日期：2023年6月6日]）。若需处置豁免材料于海中，必须对处置场所进行识别、特征描述及指定，以便向IMO每两年及向OSPAR每年提交年度海洋处置量报告。本数据集包含了这些指定场所的仓库信息。

在指定后，该场所被视为“开放”状态，可供监管机构进行许可。若该场所超过5年未进行获许可的处置，则被视为“废弃”状态，可供监管机构进行许可，但可能需要额外的支持证据。若该场所超过10年未进行获许可的处置，则被视为“关闭”状态，不再可供监管机构进行许可。监管机构还可以请求将过去10年内有处置活动的开放或废弃场所视为关闭状态。

其中一些场所被视为“历史”或“遗留”处置场所，尽管在英国批准伦敦公约/伦敦议定书后正式指定，但在条约生效前已被使用。在英国批准后识别、特征描述及指定的场所被视为新的处置场所。