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[CITE: 33USC2503]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER 38--DUMPING OF MEDICAL WASTE BY PUBLIC VESSELS
 
Sec. 2503. Prohibition

    After 6 months after November 18, 1988, 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.

(Pub. L. 100-688, title III, Sec. 3104, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4152.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2504 of this title.
