{"data":{"id":"us/33-cfr-151.73","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 CFR 151.73","heading":"Operating requirements: Discharge of garbage from fixed or floating platforms.","body":"(a) Except as allowed in paragraph (b) of this section, no person may discharge garbage from—\n(1) A fixed or floating platform engaged in the exploration, exploitation or associated offshore processing of seabed mineral resources; or\n(2) Any ship within 500 meters (1650 feet) of such platforms.\n(b) Food waste may be discharged into the surrounding waters from a ship or fixed or floating platform regulated by paragraph (a) of this section if—\n(1) It is processed with a grinder or comminuter meeting the standards in § 151.75; and\n(2) That ship or fixed or floating drilling rig or platform is beyond 12 nautical miles from nearest land.","path":["Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER O—POLLUTION","PART 151—VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE, MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST WATER","Subpart A—Implementation of MARPOL 73/78 and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty as it Pertains to Pollution from Ships"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-33.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:35Z","sha256":"b11a078c528b60f1aac9072d085d750da71f0e06f65d961075150f77ad97bc2e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-cfr-151.71","next":"us/33-cfr-151.75"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}