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To: combjelly who wrote (568660)	5/28/2010 5:59:37 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 1578970

A few years ago I was on a Royal Caribbean cruise and they had signs posted all over the ship saying "Save the Waves" or something similar.....a year or so later they were caught illegally dumping oil using a bypass pipe in their engine room..... companyethics.com "Cruise line to pay record $18 million fine July 21st, 1999 WASHINGTON - Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has agreed to pay a record $18 million fine and plead guilty to 21 felony counts for dumping oil and hazardous chemicals from its cruise ships and lying about it to the Coast Guard, Attorney General Janet Reno said Wednesday. She said the cruise ships used "secret bypass pipes" to dump waste oil and hazardous materials overboard, often at night. The attorney general said the plea agreement, which is to be presented for approval in federal courts in six cities, "should send a message to the entire cruise ship industry that illegal dumping does not pay." cruiselawnews.com "In 1999, Royal Caribbean pled guilty in six jurisdictions to charges of wide-spread fleet-wide practices of routinely discharging oil-contaminated wastes and pollutants (including in Alaska's Inside Passage), and repeatedly making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard. The illegal discharges and falsification of log books took place on Royal Caribbean cruise ships entering ports in Miami, New York City, Los Angeles, Anchorage, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Save The Waves - Royal Caribbean - Corporate FelonThe U.S. leveled the felony charges not just because of the repeated and massive scale of the dumping of pollutants but because the cruise line continued to lie. U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno stated at a press conference: . . . at the same time that their ships were sailing into the inland passage of Alaska, one of the most sensitive and beautiful eco-systems in our nation, their crew members were wearing buttons that said, 'Save the Waves.' That's what they were wearing above deck. Below deck, business as usual was going on and oily contaminated bilge water was being dumped overboard . . .