CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER O—POLLUTION (parts 151 to 159) > PART 151—VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE, MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST WATER > SUBPART A—Implementation of MARPOL 73/78 and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty as it Pertains to Pollution from Ships (§151.01 to §151.79) > 151.73—Operating requirements: Discharge of garbage from fixed or floating platforms.

151.73—Operating requirements: Discharge of garbage from fixed or floating platforms.

(a) Except as allowed in paragraph (b) of this section, no person may discharge garbage from—
(1) A fixed or floating platform engaged in the exploration, exploitation or associated offshore processing of seabed mineral resources; or
(2) Any ship within 500 meters (1650 feet) of such platforms.
(b) Victual waste may be discharged into the sea from a ship or fixed or floating platform regulated by paragraph (a) of this section if—
(1) It passes through a comminuter or grinder meeting § 151.75; and
(2) That ship or fixed or floating platform is beyond 12 nautical miles from nearest land.