Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 38 — Dumping of Medical Waste by Public Vessels
§ 2503. Prohibition
Statutory text
After 6 months after , no public vessel shall dispose of potentially infectious medical waste into ocean waters unless—
the health or safety of individuals on board the vessel is threatened; or
during time of war or a declared national emergency;
the waste is disposed of beyond 50 nautical miles from the nearest land; and
in the case of a public vessel which is not a submersible, the waste is sterilized, properly packaged, and sufficiently weighted to prevent the waste from coming ashore after disposal; and
in the case of a public vessel which is a submersible, the waste is properly packaged and sufficiently weighted to prevent the waste from coming ashore after disposal.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
United States Public Vessel Medical Waste Anti-Dumping Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–688 title III § 3104 · 102 Stat. 4139
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2503
(Pub. L. 100–688, title III, § 3104, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4152.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 100–688, title III, § 3104, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4152.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3104. PROHIBITION. After 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, no public vessel shall dispose of potentially infectious medical waste into ocean waters unless— (1) (A) the health or safety of individuals on board the vessel is threatened; or (B) during time of war or a declared national emergency; (2) the waste is disposed of beyond 50 nautical miles from the nearest land; and (3) (A) in the case of a public vessel which is not a submersible, the waste is sterilized, properly packaged, and sufficiently weighted to prevent the waste from coming ashore after disposal; and (B) in the case of a public vessel which is a submersible, the waste is properly packaged and sufficiently weighted to prevent the waste from coming ashore after disposal.
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