[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: 33CFR151.71]

[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. 151.71  Operating requirements: Discharge of garbage within 
special areas.

    (a) When a ship is located in a special area referenced in Sec. 
151.53 of this part, no person may discharge garbage from the ship, 
except as allowed in paragraph (b) or (c) in this section.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, disposal 
into the sea of victual waste must be made as far as practicable from 
land but, in any case, not less than 12 nautical miles from the nearest 
land.
    (c) Disposal into the Wider Caribbean region of victual wastes which 
have been passed through a comminuter or grinder shall be made as far as 
practicable from land but, in any case, not less than 3 nautical miles 
from the nearest land. Such comminuted or ground food wastes shall be 
capable of passing through a screen with opening no greater than 25 
millimeters.

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