Wayne.B wrote:
Peggy, stop me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the
entire state of Florida was a "no discharge" area.

All the INLAND waters of FL are "no discharge," but the only coastal
NDZs are the Keys and Destin Harbor. However, that doesn't mean there
aren't some ND marinas...'cuz marinas, even though they're located in
"public waterways" are private leased private property and can make
their own rules.

Several coastal FL municipalities have attempted to just arbitrarily
declare their local waters ND and have announced that only boats with
holding tanks will be allowed...only to find out they can't do that
(they're NOT so quick to announce that, though)...only the feds (EPA)
can. That doesn't mean those municipalities won't eventually succeed in
completing the process necessary to get the feds to do it...but as of
now, the discharge of treated waste from a CG certified Type I or II MSD
is legal in all FL *coastal waters" except the Keys and Destin Harbor.

I think a lot of boat owners confuse "can't flush the toilet directly
overboard or dump a tank here" with "no discharge" because they either
aren't aware that treatment devices even exist, or think that treatment
devices are so large and expensive that only very large yachts could
have them...they think a holding tank is the only option, which in their
minds equates to "no discharge." But although the discharge of raw
waste is illegal is ALL U.S. waters, the discharge of treated waste is
legal in all waters except those specifically desginated as "no
discharge." And btw, only the discharge from a CG certified Type I or
II is considered "treated"...there's nothing that can be added to a tank
that will make it legal to dump it in any waters within 3 miles of the
nearest point on the whole US coastline.

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Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
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