subpart_subject: "Applicability, Definitions, and General Requirements For All Facilities and All Types of Oils"
section_number: "110.5"
section_subject: "Discharges of oil not determined “as may be harmful” pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Act."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 110.5"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 100 to 135"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the Administrator has not determined the following discharges of oil “as may be harmful” for purposes of section 311(b) of the Act:
(a)Discharges of oil from a properly functioning vessel engine (including an engine on a public vessel) and any discharges of such oil accumulated in the bilges of a vessel discharged in compliance with MARPOL 73/78, Annex I, as provided in 33 CFR part 151, subpart A;
(b)Other discharges of oil permitted under MARPOL 73/78, Annex I, as provided in 33 CFR part 151, subpart A; and
(c)Any discharge of oil explicitly permitted by the Administrator in connection with research, demonstration projects, or studies relating to the prevention, control, or abatement of oil pollution.