---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 1700.14"
title: "40"
number: "1700.14"
heading: "Aqueous film-forming foam."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/1700.14"
---

# §1700.14. Aqueous film-forming foam.

- (a) For the purposes of this section, regulated aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) refers only to firefighting foam and seawater mixture discharged during training, testing, or maintenance operations.
- (b) For all vessels that sail seaward of waters subject to UNDS at least once per month, the discharge of AFFF is prohibited.
- (c) **For all vessels that do not sail seaward of waters subject to UNDS at least once per month—**
  - (1) The discharge of fluorinated AFFF is prohibited; and
  - (2) The discharges of non-fluorinated or alternative foaming agent are prohibited in port or in or near federally-protected waters, and must occur as far from shore as possible.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 82 3183, Jan. 11, 2017, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1322, 1361.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 25134, May 10, 1999, unless otherwise noted.