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Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS > CHAPTER 39—SHORE PROTECTION FROM MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE > SUBCHAPTER I—SHORE PROTECTION

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The owner or operator of the waste source shall take all reasonable steps to assure that all municipal or commercial waste is loaded onto a vessel in a manner that assures that waste deposited in coastal waters is minimized.

( Pub. L. 100–688, title IV, § 4103 , Nov. 18, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4156 .)

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