- (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.
(b) The following factors, among others, may be considered by enforcement personnel in evaluating compliance with §§ 151.51 through 151.77:
- (1) Records, including receipts, of garbage discharges at port reception facilities.
- (2) Records under § 151.55 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.
[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]