33 C.F.R. § 151.73 Operating requirements: Discharge of garbage from fixed or floating platforms.
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
(a) Except as allowed in paragraph (b) of this section, no person may discharge garbage from— (1) A fixed or floating platform engaged in the exploration, exploitation or associated offshore processing of seabed mineral resources; or (2) Any ship within 500 meters (1650 feet) of such platforms. (b) Victual waste may be discharged into the sea from a ship or fixed or floating platform regulated by paragraph (a) of this section if— (1) It passes through a comminuter or grinder meeting §151.75; and (2) That ship or fixed or floating platform is beyond 12 nautical miles from nearest land.
Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 151—VESSELS CARRYING OIL, NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES, GARBAGE, MUNICIPAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE, AND BALLAST WATER
Subpart A—Implementation of MARPOL 73/78 and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty as it Pertains to Pollution from Ships
Garbage Pollution and Sewage
§ 151.73 Operating requirements: Discharge of garbage from fixed or floating platforms.

