What does APPS stand for?

Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Congress passed the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships to prevent the oceans and waterways from being used as dumping grounds for waste oil," said William Lometti, Special Agent-in-Charge of EPA's criminal enforcement office in New York.

United States : Liberian Ocean Shipping Company Admits Falsifying Oil ...

port in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) (6) and other applicable federal laws.

United States v. Abrogar: did the Third Circuit miss the boat?

However, amendments to the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships forbid the discharge of plastic waste after 2008.

Pollution-Prevention Branch Helps Navy Deal With Waste