[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: 33CFR159.1]

[Page 520]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 159--MARINE SANITATION DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 159.1  Purpose.


    This part prescribes regulations governing the design and 
construction of marine sanitation devices and procedures for certifying 
that marine sanitation devices meet the regulations and the standards of 
the Environmental Protection Agency promulgated under section 312 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1322), to eliminate the 
discharge of untreated sewage from vessels into the waters of the United 
States, including the territorial seas. Subpart A of this part contains 
regulations governing the manufacture and operation of vessels equipped 
with marine sanitation devices.