"Dave" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:32:09 -0700, "claus" said:

New EPA water permit regulations are on the horizon. Some boaters fear
this could cause them to sink or simply take their boats out of the
water
altogether.

BoatUS is playing it for all the PR it's worth, but anyone with modest
ability to read and think should realize that what the EPA has done by
providing "automatic" and free licenses is to abolish any requirement for
a
license for vessels under 79 feet.

Not necessarily so. One can just as well read it as these "automatic and
free licenses" still carry certain obligations. The question is can one
REJECT these licenses and remain unencumbered?

Or better yet does the license have standing if it is automatic and free?

Wilbur Hubbard