{"identifier":"/us/usc/t33/s2503","title":33,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2503.","heading":"Prohibition","text":"\u00a7\u202f2503.\nProhibition\nAfter 6 months after\n(1)\n(A) the health or safety of individuals on board the vessel is threatened; or\n(B) during time of war or a declared national emergency;\n(2) the waste is disposed of beyond 50 nautical miles from the nearest land; and\n(3)\n(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\n(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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t33/s2503.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2503","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2503."},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibition","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"After 6 months after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"November 18, 1988","tail":", no public vessel shall dispose of potentially infectious medical waste into ocean waters unless\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2503/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2503/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the health or safety of individuals on board the vessel is threatened; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2503/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" during time of war or a declared national emergency;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2503/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the waste is disposed of beyond 50 nautical miles from the nearest land; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2503/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2503/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2503/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}