[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR151.53]

[Page 285-286]
 
                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. 151.53  Special areas for Annex V of MARPOL 73/78.

    (a) For the purposes of Sec. Sec. 151.51 through 151.77, the 
special areas are the Mediterranean Sea area, the Baltic Sea

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area, the Black Sea area, the Red Sea area, the Gulf areas, the North 
Sea area, the Antarctic area, and the Wider Caribbean region, including 
the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea which are described in Sec. 
151.06. The discharge restrictions are effective in the Baltic Sea, the 
North Sea, and the Antarctic area.
    (b) In accordance with paragraph (4)(b) of Regulation 5 of Annex V 
of MARPOL 73/78, the discharge restrictions in Sec. 151.71 for special 
areas will enter into effect when each party to MARPOL 73/78 whose 
coastline borders the special area has certified that reception 
facilities are available and the IMO has established an effective date 
for each special area. Notice of the effective dates for the discharge 
requirements in each special area will be published in the Federal 
Register and reflected in this section.

[CGD 94-056, 60 FR 43378, Aug. 21, 1995]