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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
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Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters |
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Chapter I - Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security |
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SubChapter O - Pollution |
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Part 151 - Vessels Carrying Oil, Noxious Liquid Substances, Garbage, Municipal or Commercial Waste, and Ballast Water |
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Subpart A - Implementation of MARPOL 73/78 and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty as it Pertains to Pollution from Ships |
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Garbage Pollution and Sewage |
§ 151.73 - Operating requirements: Discharge of garbage from fixed or floating platforms.
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§ 151.73 Operating requirements: Discharge of garbage from fixed or floating platforms.
(a) Except as allowed in paragraph (b) of this section, no person may discharge garbage from -
(1) A fixed or floating platform engaged in the exploration, exploitation or associated offshore processing of seabed mineral resources; or
(2) Any ship within 500 meters (1650 feet) of such platforms.
(b) Food waste may be discharged into the surrounding waters from a ship or fixed or floating platform regulated by paragraph (a) of this section if -
(1) It is processed with a grinder or comminuter meeting the standards in § 151.75; and
(2) That ship or fixed or floating drilling rig or platform is beyond 12 nautical miles from nearest land.
[CGD 88-002, 54 FR 18405, Apr. 28, 1989, as amended by USCG-2012-1049, 78 FR 13493, Feb. 28, 2013]