33 CFR § 158.420 - Reception facilities: Capacity and exceptions.

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title: "33 CFR § 158.420 - Reception facilities: Capacity and exceptions."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "158.420"
section_name: "Reception facilities: Capacity and exceptions."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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subchapter_name: "POLLUTION"
part_number: "158"
part_name: "RECEPTION FACILITIES FOR OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, AND GARBAGE"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 1903(b), 1905(c); 49 CFR 1.46."
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# 158.420 Reception facilities: Capacity and exceptions.

Each day a port or terminal is in operation, the person in charge of a port or terminal must provide, or ensure the availability of, a reception facility that is capable of receiving all garbage that the master or person who is in charge of a ship desires to discharge, except—

(a) Large quantities of spoiled or damaged cargoes not usually discharged by a ship; or

(b) Garbage from ships not having commercial transactions with that port or terminal.