---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 151.55"
title: "33"
number: "151.55"
heading: "Recordkeeping requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/151.55"
---

# §151.55. Recordkeeping requirements.

- (a) The master or person in charge of a ship to which this section applies shall ensure that a written record is maintained on the ship of each of the following garbage discharge or disposal operations:
  - (1) Discharge to a reception facility or to another ship;
  - (2) Incineration on the ship;
  - (3) Discharge into the sea; and/or
  - (4) **Accidental or other exceptional discharges.**
- (b) When garbage is discharged to a reception facility or to another ship, the record under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must contain the following information:
  - (1) The date and time of the discharge;
  - (2) If the operation was conducted at a port, the name of the port;
  - (3) If the operation was not conducted at a port, the latitude and longitude of the location where the operation was conducted, and if the operation involved off-loading to another ship, the name and official number of the receiving ship;
  - (4) The categories of garbage involved; and
  - (5) **The estimated amount of each category of garbage discharged, described by volume in cubic meters.**
- (c) When garbage is incinerated on the ship, the record under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must contain the following information:
  - (1) The date and time of the starting and stopping of the incineration;
  - (2) The latitude and longitude of the ship at the starting and stopping of the incineration;
  - (3) The categories of the garbage involved; and
  - (4) **The estimated amount of each category of garbage involved, described by volume in cubic meters.**
- (d) When garbage which is allowed into the sea is discharged overboard, the record under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must contain the following information:
  - (1) The date and time of the discharge;
  - (2) The latitude and longitude of the ship;
  - (3) The categories of the garbage involved; and
  - (4) **The estimated amount of each category of garbage involved, described by volume in cubic meters.**
- (e) For the record under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the categories of garbage are
  - (1) Plastics,
  - (2) Food wastes,
  - (3) Domestic wastes,
  - (4) Cooking oil,
  - (5) Incinerator ashes,
  - (6) Operational wastes,
  - (7) Cargo residues,
  - (8) Animal carcasses, and
  - (9) **Fishing gear.**
- (f) The record under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must be prepared at the time of the operation, certified as correct by the master or person in charge of the ship, maintained on the ship for 2 years following the operation, and made available for inspection by the Coast Guard.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-1049, 78 FR 13491, Feb. 28, 2013]

### Source

Source: Sections 151.51 through 151.77 and Appendix A appear by CGD 88-002, 54 FR 18405, Apr. 28, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321, 1903, 1908; 46 U.S.C. 6101; Pub. L. 104-227 (110 Stat. 3034); E.O. 12777, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp. p. 351; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 75-124a, 48 FR 45709, Oct. 6, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1902, 1903, 1908; 46 U.S.C. 6101; 46 U.S.C. 70034; Pub. L. 104-227, 110 Stat. 3034; sec. 623, Pub. L. 108-293, 118 Stat. 1063; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-1049, 78 FR 13491, Feb. 28, 2013]