A burial at sea for two casualties of a Japanese submarine attack on the U. As far as pop culture is concerned, the pinnacle of permissiveness is international waters, which Sturley says begins at 24 miles from shore, where the state's regulatory authority ends for most purposes. In many movies and television shows, international waters are depicted as an anarchic zone of lawlessness, where no country has any jurisdiction.
Think: Waterworld But in actuality, any boat at sea is considered part of a "flag state"—meaning it and the people sailing on it are subject to the laws of the country it is registered to. In international waters, "no individual country has the authority to regulate that patch of ocean," Sturley says. So while state laws preventing gambling can be avoided in international waters—just as they could by crossing into another state—no ship is fast enough to outrun federal law.
Federal law, right now, is largely concerned with dumping of oil and garbage, and less so about sea burials. This could change as sea burial becomes more popular. Karcher draws a parallel to the rise of marine anti-pollution laws, which only became necessary when enough large boats took over the seas.
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Mag Promo Independent. In print. In your mailbox. Inexpensive, too! December October August It's us but for your ears. Listen on Apple Podcasts. Refer to 40 CFR All necessary measures must be taken to ensure that the remains sink to the bottom rapidly and permanently. Cremated remains shall be buried in or on ocean waters of any depth provided that such burial takes place at least three nautical miles from land. Flowers and wreaths consisting of materials that are readily decomposable in the marine environment may be placed at the burial site.
Plastic flowers or synthetic wreaths would not be expected to decompose rapidly. You must notify EPA of the burial at sea within 30 days following the event.
The Burial at Sea Reporting Tool enables individuals or companies that have conducted a burial at sea to enter information into a simple online form and report the burial directly to EPA. Please note that you do not need to submit documentation, such as a Certificate of Death, to EPA when reporting a burial at sea.
To report a burial of human remains by other means, please contact the EPA Region where the vessel carrying the remains departed. The permit does, however, require EPA notification within 30 days of the burial.
You may use your own boat or a boat that you are authorized to use. Additionally, many charter boat operators offer services for burial at sea. Some operators specialize in performing burials at sea.
If the deceased is a military veteran or their spouse, you may also be able to make arrangements through the U. Navy or U. Coast Guard. Pet ashes or ashes of other animals cannot be mixed with cremated human remains for authorized burial under the general permit. Ocean dumping of medical wastes is prohibited under the MPRSA, and medical wastes cannot be mixed with cremated remains prior to burial under the general permit.
Medical wastes that otherwise exist within the body of the deceased would not be subject to the MPRSA prohibition against the ocean dumping of medical wastes. The permit authorizes the disposal at sea of human remains. Cremated or non-cremated body parts are appropriately characterized as human remains provided that they originate from a single, deceased human and that the remains are not intermixed with other deceased humans or non-human remains, or body parts from living humans, or other materials, particularly medical wastes.
EPA understands that it is a standard practice for a human body to be cremated within a casket, and for metal objects to be removed from the ashes by the crematorium. Such a structure would not be eligible for authorization under the terms of the general permit. As a general matter, the MPRSA definition of dumping excludes artificial reefs to the extent that an artificial reef is placed for a purpose other than disposal and regulated under another federal law.
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