---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 151.63"
title: "33"
number: "151.63"
heading: "Shipboard control of garbage."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/151.63"
---

# §151.63. Shipboard control of garbage.

- (a) The master, operator, or person who is in charge of a ship shall ensure that all garbage is discharged ashore or in accordance with [§§ 151.66-151.73](/cfr/33/151.66-151.73.md).
- (b) The following factors, among others, may be considered by enforcement personnel in evaluating compliance with [§§ 151.51 through 151.77](/cfr/33/151.51..151.77.md):
  - (1) **Records, including receipts, of garbage discharges at port reception facilities.**
  - (2) Records under [§ 151.55](/cfr/33/151.55.md) or log entries of garbage discharges.
  - (3) The presence and operability of equipment to treat ship-generated garbage, including, but not limited to, incinerators, grinders, or comminuters.
  - (4) **The presence of and adherence to a written shipboard garbage management plan.**
  - (5) **The absence of plastics in ship stores.**
  - (6) Ongoing educational programs to train shipboard personnel of garbage handling procedures and the need for these.
  - (7) The presence of shipboard spaces used for collecting, processing, storing and discharging ship-generated garbage.
- (c) The master, operator, or person who is in charge of a ship shall ensure that if garbage is transported from a ship by shipboard personnel, it is properly deposited into a port or terminal's reception facility.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 88-002, 54 FR 18405, Apr. 28, 1989, as amended by CGD 88-002A, 55 FR 18583, May 2, 1990; CGD 92-71, 59 FR 18703, Apr. 19, 1994; USCG-2012-1049, 78 FR 13492, 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

[CGD 88-002, 54 FR 18405, Apr. 28, 1989, as amended by CGD 88-002A, 55 FR 18583, May 2, 1990; CGD 92-71, 59 FR 18703, Apr. 19, 1994; USCG-2012-1049, 78 FR 13492, Feb. 28, 2013]