Operational Waste [Maritime Law] Law and Legal Definition
According to 33 CFR 151.05 [Title 33. Navigation And Navigable Waters; Chapter I. Coast Guard, Department Of Homeland Security, Subchapter O Pollution, Part 151 Vessels Carrying Oil, Noxious Liquid Substances, Garbage, Municipal Or Commercial Waste, And Ballast Water, Subpart A Implementation Of Marpol 73/78, General], ‘operational waste’ means “all cargo-associated waste, maintenance waste, and cargo residues other than oil residues and NLS cargo residues. "Operational wastes" includes ashes and clinkers (i.e., a mass of incombustible matter fused together by heat) from shipboard incinerators and coal-burning boilers but does not include plastic clinkers, which are treated as an Annex V waste, or oily rags, which are treated as an Annex I waste.”
