[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: 33CFR151.67]

[Page 289]
 
                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. 151.67  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]