Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00802:schedule:7:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00802
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 7 (pt 9/11)
Character Range: 233998–236708

for Disposal of Garbage

(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Regulation, the disposal of any materials regulated by this Annex is prohibited from fixed or floating platforms engaged in the exploration, exploitation and associated offshore processing of seabed mineral resources, and from all other ships when alongside or within 500 metres of such platforms.

(2) The disposal into the sea of food wastes may be permitted when they have been passed through a comminuter or grinder from such fixed or floating platforms located more than 12 nautical miles from land and all other ships when alongside or within 500 metres of such platforms. Such comminuted or ground food wastes shall be capable of passing through a screen with openings no greater than 25 millimetres.

Regulation 5

Disposal of Garbage within Special Areas

(1) For the purposes of this Annex the special areas are the Mediterranean Sea area, the Baltic Sea area, the Black Sea area, the Red Sea area and the "Gulfs area" which are defined as follows:
      (a) The Mediterranean Sea area means the Mediterranean Sea proper including the gulfs and seas therein with the boundary between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea constituted by the 41 degreesN parallel and bounded to the west by the Straits of Gibraltar at the meridian of 5 degrees36'W.
      (b) The Baltic Sea area means the Baltic Sea proper with the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland and the entrance to the Baltic Sea bounded by the parallel of the Skaw in the Skagerrak at 57 degrees44.8'N.
      (c) The Black Sea area means the Black Sea proper with the boundary between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea constituted by the parallel 41 degreesN.
      (d) The Red Sea area means the Red Sea proper including the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba bounded at the south by the rhumb line between Ras si Ane (12 degrees 8.5'N, 43 degrees19.6'E) and Husn Murad (12 degrees40.4'N, 43 degrees30.2'E).
      (e) The "Gulfs area" means the sea area located north west of the rhumb line between Ras al Hadd (22 degrees30'N, 59 degrees 48'E) and Ras al Fasteh (25 degrees 04'N, 61 degrees25'E).

(2) Subject to the provisions of Regulation 6 of this Annex:
      (a) disposal into the sea of the following is prohibited:
           (i) all plastics, including but not limited to synthetic ropes, synthetic fishing nets and plastic garbage bags; and
           (ii) all other garbage, including paper products, rags, glass, metal, bottles, crockery, dunnage, lining and packing materials;
      (b) disposal into the sea of food wastes shall be made as far as practicable from land, but in any case not less than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land.

(3) When the