[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 31]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 40CFR1700.2]



[Page 949]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

CHAPTER VII--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; 

  UNIFORM NATIONAL DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR VESSELS OF THE ARMED FORCES

 

PART 1700_UNIFORM NATIONAL DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR VESSELS OF THE ARMED 

FORCES--Table of Contents

 

                             Subpart A_Scope

 

Sec.  1700.2  Effect.



    (a) This part identifies those discharges, other than sewage, 

incidental to the normal operation of Armed Forces vessels that require 

control within the navigable waters of the United States and the waters 

of the contiguous zone, and those discharges that do not require 

control. Discharges requiring control are identified in Sec.  1700.4. 

Discharges not requiring control are identified in Sec.  1700.5. Federal 

standards of performance for each required Marine Pollution Control 

Device are listed in Sec.  1700.14. This part is not applicable beyond 

the contiguous zone.

    (b) This part prohibits States and their political subdivisions from 

adopting or enforcing State or local statutes or regulations controlling 

the discharges from Armed Forces vessels listed in Sec. Sec.  1700.4 and 

1700.5 according to the timing provisions in Sec.  1700.6, except to 

establish a no-discharge zone by State prohibition in accordance with 

Sec.  1700.9, or to apply for a no-discharge zone by EPA prohibition in 

accordance with Sec.  1700.10. This part also provides a mechanism for 

States to petition the Administrator and the Secretary to review a 

determination of whether a discharge requires control, or to review a 

Federal standard of performance for a Marine Pollution Control Device, 

in accordance with Sec. Sec.  1700.11 through 1700.13.