---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 158.410"
title: "33"
number: "158.410"
heading: "Reception facilities: General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/158.410"
---

# §158.410. Reception facilities: General.

- (a) Except as allowed in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, the person in charge of a port or terminal shall ensure that each port or terminal's reception facility.
  - (1) Is capable after August 28, 1989 of receiving APHIS regulated garbage at a port or terminal no later than 24 hours after notice under [§ 151.65](/cfr/33/151.65.md) of this chapter is given to the port or terminal, unless it only receives ships that—
    - (i) Operate exclusively within the navigable waters of the United States;
    - (ii) Operate exclusively between ports or terminals in the continental United States; or
    - (iii) Operate exclusively between continental United States ports or terminals and Canadian ports or terminals.
  - (2) Is capable of receiving medical wastes or hazardous wastes defined in [40 CFR 261.3](/cfr/40/261.3.md), unless the port or terminal operator can provide to the master, operator, or person in charge of a ship, a list of persons authorized by federal, state, or local law or regulation to transport and treat such wastes;
  - (3) Is arranged so that it does not interfere with port or terminal operations;
  - (4) Is conveniently located so that mariners unfamiliar with the port or terminal can find it easily and so that it's use will not be discouraged;
  - (5) Is situated so that garbage from ships which has been placed in it cannot readily enter the water; and
  - (6) Holds each federal, state, and local permit or license required by environmental and public health laws and regulations concerning garbage handling.
- (b) A reception facility for a ship repair yard does not have to meet the requirements of [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section if it is capable of handling the transfer of garbage from a ship before the ship departs from the yard.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 88-002, 54 FR 18409, Apr. 28, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903(b), 1905(c); 49 CFR 1.46.