[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR151.63]

[Page 272]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 151--VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE, MUNICIPAL 
OR COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST WATER--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart A--Implementation of MARPOL 73/78 and the Protocol on 
   Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty as it Pertains to 
                          Pollution from Ships
 
Sec. 151.63  Shipboard control of garbage.

    (a) The master, operator, or person who is in charge of a ship shall 
ensure that all garbage is discharged ashore or in accordance with 
Sec.Sec. 151.66-151.73.
    (b) The following factors, among others, may be considered by 
enforcement personnel in evaluating compliance with Sec.Sec. 151.51 
through 151.77:
    (1) Records, including receipts, of garbage discharges at port 
reception facilities.
    (2) Records under Sec. 151.55 or log entries of garbage discharges.
    (3) The presence and operability of equipment to treat ship-
generated garbage, including, but not limited to, incinerators, 
grinders, or comminuters.
    (4) The presence of and adherence to a written shipboard waste 
management plan.
    (5) The absence of plastics in ship stores.
    (6) Ongoing educational programs to train shipboard personnel of 
garbage handling procedures and the need for these.
    (7) The presence of shipboard spaces used for collecting, 
processing, storing and discharging ship-generated garbage.
    (c) The master, operator, or person who is in charge of a ship shall 
ensure that if garbage is transported from a ship by shipboard 
personnel, it is properly deposited into a port or terminal's reception 
facility.

[CGD 88-002, 54 FR 18405, Apr. 28, 1989, as amended by CGD 88-002A, 55 
FR 18583, May 2, 1990; CGD 92-71, 59 FR 18703, Apr. 19, 1994]