Waste Management Plan sample

[Pascal]

someone had PM me for the text of a sample Waste Management Plan which every boat over 40' is required to have on board, in addition to the Marpol waste placard...

I figured i'd put it here so others can use it. I keep it in a binder with documentation, registration of the boat, tender and PWC, insurance, EPIRB reg, FCC license, etc... all ready to expedite boardings.

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WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN

M/Y Charmer
Newport, RI

1. This plan describes policy and procedures for handling this vessel’s garbage according to MARPOL Annex V and 33 CFR Subparts 151.51 through 151.77. As Captain, I am responsible for carrying out this plan. All crewmembers and embarked persons shall follow the instructions in this plan. It is the general policy of this vessel that all food waste and garbage will be retained on board for proper disposal ashore.

2. Waste for this vessel is collected in the galley and stored on the boat deck. When moored, all waste will be carried from the vessel and disposed of ashore in marina/harbor garbage bins. Plastics and waste containing plastic materials will never be discharged into the water from this vessel regardless of location.

3. When sailing on inland waters or at sea within 12 nautical miles of land, no food, garbage or waste of any type will be discharged. When on an extended voyage, beyond 12 nautical miles from land, certain non-plastic and non-floating waste may be discharged if storage space is not available. In this case, all plastics (including foamed plastic) are to be segregated from other wastes and stored on board for proper disposal ashore. Only those materials permitted for discharge according to the MARPOL Annex V placard may be discharged in the water. In no case will waste of any kind be discharged into the water without my prior inspection and explicit permission.

4. If you have any questions about this plan, waste handling procedures or materials that may be discharged, please consult me.

Pascal Gademer
Captain
May 1st, 2008

 

[Boatsb]

I like the simplified version


NOTHING WILL BE DISPOSED OF OR THROWN OVERBOARD EVER. ALL WASTE WILL BE BAGGED AND CARRIED ASHORE TO BE DISPOSED OF PROPERLY.


I would like to add an exception.


Anyone caught trying to throw waste overboard may be asked to take it's place in the ocean.

 

[Angela]

"When sailing on inland waters or at sea within 12 nautical miles of land, no FOOD . . . of any type will be discharged. . . ."

That's nice...no FOOD? So how do we strain all the stuff that goes down the sink and through the garbage disposal? And what about all those edamame beans that don't get caught when Naomi's throwing them to us in the water?

 

[MikeP]

Carrying a waste management plan (required) and paying attention to it are two different things...

We toss food in the water - as does every boater I know - with no thought at all. Certainly we do not toss paper/plastic/cans/other waste, etc but food? Fish gotta eat too.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

While in the North Channel we heard from some other boaters that someone had put stones in their plastic garbage bags and sunk them in some of the anchorages. There is no excuse for that. Every marina in that area will gladly take your trash at no cost, whether you stay there or not. I can't imagine setting the hook in what looks like such a pristine location and then looking down to see someone's garbage sitting on the bottom.

 

[Pascal]

well on the other hand when you're swimming in nice pristine waters do you want to bump into a half eaten apple or a chicken leg?

these plans are silly but you got to have it on board when boarded...

 

[MikeP]

Well, you are right, of course - even when I throw a shrimp tail (shell?) overboard I have to admit I wouldn't want to be swimming through a bunch of them.

We have the plan on board and totally understand that it needs to be there.

 

[rsmith]

Is it ok if its eaten first? I get a lot of seasick people on the boat.

 

[Boatsb]

Is it ok if its eaten first? I get a lot of seasick people on the boat.

That's not dumping that's chumming.

 

[M T Pockets]

Thanks Pascal,
I got boarded over labor day weekend and that was the first I'd heard of a need for a waste mgmt plan. Coasties were nice about it and let it slide since I feigned ignorance and checked out on all other items.

Thanks Again.
Reed

 

[saltshaker]

Is it ok if its eaten first? I get a lot of seasick people on the boat.

Just as long as you are offshore and they don't get it on the hull. If they're seasick you shouldn't let them on the boat.

 

[Pascal]

Thanks Pascal,
I got boarded over labor day weekend and that was the first I'd heard of a need for a waste mgmt plan. Coasties were nice about it and let it slide since I feigned ignorance and checked out on all other items.

Thanks Again.
Reed

this spring, i was boarded at teh east river entrance in LIS and the coasties told me i was one of the few boats they had seen with a trash plan... they asked if i had a copier on board to make copies so that they can give it to other boaters!

 

[saltshaker]

this spring, i was boarded at teh east river entrance in LIS and the coasties told me i was one of the few boats they had seen with a trash plan... they asked if i had a copier on board to make copies so that they can give it to other boaters!

Must not be any CC safety inspections being done. I have one as do all the members of our club. I had to make a new one this year as I somehow misplaced the old one and would failed my CC safety inspection without it.

 

[Pascal]

Vessel Safety Check by the aux? they will pass a boat without anchor, dock lines, charts, VHF.... that may be legal but to tell a boat owner his vessel is safe without these items and give him a nice VSC sticker makes it a joke.

 

[saltshaker]

Vessel Safety Check by the aux? they will pass a boat without anchor, dock lines, charts, VHF.... that may be legal but to tell a boat owner his vessel is safe without these items and give him a nice VSC sticker makes it a joke.

I agree but it does help avoid the random boardings. Not sure how most of the regs make boating safer. When a boat is approaching and you are on a collision course with it, does having the nav rules on board help? Has anyone ever turned to it while underway? If so they should do us all a favor and stay at the dock where they belong.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Got boarded in 2008 and CG asked to see waste plan. I had one that I copied from the Boat US site so I was okay. I don't know exactly when it went into effect, but it's not new.

 

[Karl]

I never knew this was required, thanks for the heads up. I have organized an ops manual for my boat which includes checklists for maintenance, cruising, passengers, etc. I will add the waste management plan to it.

Are there any other written documents (other than my CG doc/reg) which the CG would look for during a boarding, that I should (or you would recommend) have onboard? I do have my VHF (international) radio license in a frame on a wall.

Karl

 

[Pascal]

the only required paperwork is the Documentation certificate and the garbage plan... but as i said i keep a binder with everything and the boarding officers sees right away that they are on a professionally run vessel. it makes everything a lot smoother... usually as one of them stays on the FB filling out their paperwork, I take the other one(s) for the tour showing them what i know they will want to see like the black water sea cocks, placards in the galley and ER, fire bottle in the ER, etc... I dont' wait for them to ask for things, it expedites everything.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

A copy of the regs is required along with your registration (state or federal), and the waste plan.

 

[ThirdHatt]

A copy of the regs is required along with your registration (state or federal), and the waste plan.

True, as long as your boat is over 39'4". I ran a friend's 30' Albemarle from New Orleans to Orange Beach, AL a couple of weeks ago and bot boarded by the CG for a rasdom stop. The officer doing the inspection asked me for a copy of the regs and I told them that as I understood it the regs were only required on a 39'+ boat, but nothing smaller. The officer told me no, it is required on 26'-39'4", so I said, "sorry". Shortly thereafter, his partner (the one with the PalmPilot handling the paperwork) said that his PalmPilot did not say anything about needing the regs, and when he checked it turns out that I was right it is only required on a 39'4"+ vessel.

I was shocked to see them using the PalmPilot to know what to ask for, but the officer didn't like it because he said it slows them down on inspections even though it does expedite paperwork when they get back to the office. At the end of the inspection, the other officer held up a tiny printer next to the PalmPilot and it printed my receipt! Unbelievable! Our tax dollars at work. No more yellow carbon copy, just a small receipt showing you were boarded by the CG.