Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 28 - Ports and Airports
Part 301 - Operations and Procedures Manual of the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport
Chapter 32 - Overseas Waste/Garbage
Rule 28-301-32.18 - U.S. Navy Vessels
Current through September 24, 2024
Recent Veterinary Medical Officer port reviews have indicated the need to restate garbage safeguarding policy for U.S. Navy vessels returning to the U.S. from foreign ports.
A. U.S. Navy policy is that no foreign origin meats, produce, or milk products will remain aboard any ship returning to a U.S. continental, territorial or offshore U.S. port. "Foreign origin" does not include U.S. origin frozen or canned products issued to a ship from a U.S. overseas military depot or U.S. underway replenishment.
B. If the boarding officer finds foreign stores, the vessel will be handled exactly like a commercial vessel with respect to garbage safeguarding.
C. If no foreign stores are found by the boarding officer, the first offloading of garbage must be sterilized or incinerated. This will include, in addition to any garbage on board the vessel at docking, all garbage produced during the first 24 hours in port. Vessels which dock with no garbage will be handled exactly like vessels docking with garbage on board. Garbage generated subsequent to the above stated first offloading will be handled the same as domestic garbage.
D. Plan Protection and Quarantine policy relative to military vessel boarding is being incorporated into the shipboarding guidelines (M390.340). 59-5-2
Mississippi Code §§ 59-1-1, 59-1-9 and 59-5-21
