[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR401.19]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

CHAPTER IV--SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 401_SEAWAY REGULATIONS AND RULES--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart A_Regulations

 

Sec.  401.19  Disposal and discharge systems.



    (a) Every vessel not equipped with containers for ordure shall be 

equipped with a sewage disposal system enabling compliance with the 

Canadian Garbage



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Pollution Prevention Regulations, the Canadian Great Lakes Sewage 

Pollution Prevention Regulations, the U.S. Clean Water Act, and the U.S. 

River and Harbor Act, and amendments thereto.

    (b) Garbage on a vessel shall be:

    (1) Destroyed by means of an incinerator or other garbage disposal 

device; or

    (2) Retained on board in covered, leak-proof containers, until such 

time as it can be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the 

Canadian Garbage Pollution Prevention Regulations, the Canadian Great 

Lakes Sewage Pollution Prevention Regulations, the U.S. Clean Water Act, 

and the U.S. River and Harbor Act, and amendments thereto.

    (c) No substance shall be discharged or disposed of onto a lockwall 

or tie-up wall by any means, including overboard discharge pipes.

    (d) Burning of shipboard garbage is prohibited between CIP 2 & 

Cardinal and between CIP 15 and CIP 16.



(68 Stat. 93-96, 33 U.S.C. 981-990, as amended and secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 

12 and 13 of sec. 2 of Pub. L. 95-474, 92 Stat. 1471)



[39 FR 10900, Mar. 22, 1974, as amended at 45 FR 52378, Aug. 7, 1980; 49 

FR 30936, Aug. 2, 1984; 55 FR 48578, Nov. 21, 1990; 55 FR 52844, Dec. 

24, 1990; 70 FR 12971, Mar. 17, 2005]