PUBLIC LAW 100-688—NOV. 18, 1988
102 STAT. 4155
Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), or the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). (4) "person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association. State, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a State, or any interstate body. (5) "receiving facility" means a facility or operation where municipal or commercial waste is unloaded from a vessel. (6) "United States", when used in a gec^aphic sense, means the States of the United States, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. (7) "waste source" means a facility or vessel from which municipal or commercial waste is loaded onto a vessel, including any rolling stock or motor vehicles from which that waste is directly loaded. SEC. 4102. VESSEL PERMITS AND NUMBERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A vessel (except a public vessel as defined in section 2101 of title 46, United States Code) may not transport municipal or commercial waste in coastal waters without— (1) a permit for that vessel from the Secretary of Transportation; and (2) displaying a number or other marking on the vessel as prescribed by the Secretary under chapter 123 or section 12502(b) of title 46, United States Code. (b) PERMTT APPLICATIONS.—Application for a permit required by subsection (a) of this section shall be made by die vessel owner or operator and include— (1) the name, address, and telephone number of the vessel owner and operator; (2) the vessel's name and identification number; (3) the vessel's area of operation; (4) the vessel's transport capacity; (5) a history of the types of cargo transported by that vessel during the previous year, including identifying the type of municipal or commercial waste transported as— (A) municipal waste; (B) commercial waste; (C) medical waste; or (D) waste of another character. (6) any other information the Secretary may require; and (7) an acknowledgment. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF PERMITS.—^A permit issued under this section— (1) is effective 30 days after the date on which it was issued; (2) may be issued only for a period of not more than 5 years after the effective date of the permit; (3) may be renewed for periods of not more than 5 years only by the vessel owner or operator that applied for the original permit; and (4) is terminated when the vessel is sold. (d) DENIAL OF PER&OTS.—The Secretary may, or at the request of the Administrator shall, deny the issuance of a permit for any vessel
33 USC 2602.
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