PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 259 and any other pollutant discharge from the operation of a marine propulsion system, shipboard maneuvering system, crew habitability system, or installed major equipment, such as an aircraft carrier elevator or a catapult, or from a protective, preservative, or absorptive application to the hull of the vessel; and "(ii) a discharge in connection with the testing, maintenance, and repair of a system described in clause (i) whenever the vessel is waterborne; and "(B) does not include— "(i) a discharge of rubbish, trash, garbage, or other such material discharged overboard; "(ii) an air emission resulting from the operation of a vessel propulsion system, motor driven equipment, or incinerator; or "(iii) a discharge that is not covered by part 122.3 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of subsection (n)); "(13) 'marine pollution control device' means any equipment or management practice, for installation or use on board a vessel of the Armed Forces, that is— "(A) designed to receive, retain, treat, control, or discharge a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel; and "(B) determined by the Administrator and the Secretary of Defense to be the most effective equipment or management practice to reduce the environmental impacts of the discharge consistent with the considerations set forth in subsection (n)(2)(B); and "(14) 'vessel of the Armed Forces' means— "(A) any vessel owned or operated by the Department of Defense, other than a time or voyage chartered vessel; and "(B) any vessel owned or operated by the Department of Transportation that is designated by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating as a vessel equivalent to a vessel described in subparagraph (A).". (2) ENFORCEMENT. — The first sentence of section 312(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1322(j)) is amended— (A) by striking "of this section or" and inserting a comma; and (B) by striking "of this section shall" and inserting ", or subsection (n)(8) shall". (3) OTHER DEFINITIONS. —Subparagraph (A) of the second sentence of section 502(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362(6)) is amended by striking "'sewage from vessels'" and inserting "'sewage from vessels or a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces'". (d) COOPERATION IN STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT. —The Adminis- 33 USC 1322 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary note. of Defense may, by mutual agreement, with or without reimbursement, provide for the use of information, reports, personnel, or other resources of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Defense to carry out section 312(n) of the Federal
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