---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 151.73"
title: "33"
number: "151.73"
heading: "Operating requirements: Discharge of garbage from fixed or floating platforms."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/151.73"
---

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

- (a) Except as allowed in [paragraph (b)](#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) Food waste may be discharged into the surrounding waters from a ship or fixed or floating platform regulated by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section if—
  - (1) It is processed with a grinder or comminuter meeting the standards in [§ 151.75](/cfr/33/151.75.md); and
  - (2) **That ship or fixed or floating drilling rig or platform is beyond 12 nautical miles from nearest land.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 88-002, 54 FR 18405, Apr. 28, 1989, as amended by USCG-2012-1049, 78 FR 13493, 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 USCG-2012-1049, 78 FR 13493, Feb. 28, 2013]