Operating requirements: Discharge of plastic prohibited.

  1. Law
  2. CFR 33
  3. Navigation and Navigable Waters
  4. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
  5. Pollution
  6. Vessels Carrying Oil, Noxious Liquid Substances, Garbage, Municipal or Commercial Waste, and Ballast Water
  7. Implementation of MARPOL 73/78 and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty as it Pertains to Pollution from Ships
  8. Garbage Pollution and Sewage
  9. Operating requirements: Discharge of plastic prohibited.

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§ 151.67 Operating requirements: Discharge of plastic prohibited.

No person on board any ship may discharge into the sea, or into the navigable waters of the United States, plastic or garbage mixed with plastic, including, but not limited to, synthetic ropes, synthetic fishing nets, and plastic garbage bags. All garbage containing plastics requiring disposal must be discharged ashore or incinerated.

[CGD 88-002, 54 FR 18405, Apr. 28, 1989, as amended by CGD 88-002A, 55 FR 18583, May 2, 1990]


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