Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and for Dangerous Chemicals

141 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the discharge of garbage is prohibited from a ship that is alongside or within 500 m of a fixed or floating platform located more than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land and engaged in the exploration, exploitation and associated offshore processing of seabed mineral resources.

(2) A ship that is alongside or within 500 m of a fixed or floating platform located more than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land and engages in the exploration, exploitation and associated offshore processing of seabed mineral resources is authorized to discharge food wastes only if the food wastes have been passed through a comminuter or grinder such that the comminuted or ground food wastes are capable of passing through a screen with openings no greater than 25 mm.