On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:25:18 -0700 (PDT), Chuck Gould
wrote:

I may never live down that header, but he did sign the EPA discharge
bill today.

PRESIDENT SIGNS CLEAN BOATING ACT LEGISLATION

ALEXANDRIA, VA, July 30, 2008 – Aboard Air Force One late yesterday,
President Bush signed S. 2766, “The Clean Boating Act of 2008,” which
permanently restores a long-standing exemption for recreational boats
from permitting requirements under the Clean Water Act. This signing
of the bill is the capstone moment of a two-year campaign to eliminate
an onerous permit program for recreational boaters that would have
dictated maintenance and operation procedures, potentially subjected
boaters to citizen lawsuits, and put recreational boats under a
penalty system designed for industrial polluters.

With the President at the signing are (left) Representatives Steven C.
LaTourette (R-OH), a champion of this common sense legislation and
(center) Patrick Tiberi (R-OH).

BoatU.S. has worked with the National Marine Manufacturers Association
and a coalition of stakeholders as well as a bi-partisan group of
House and Senate legislators. “However, the real success of this
campaign rests squarely on the shoulders of this country’s millions of
recreational boaters and anglers,” said BoatU.S. Vice President of
Government Affairs Margaret Podlich. “Without their loud collective
voice, we would not have reached this momentous event.”

Thanks for getting your boots dirty and coming over here to tell us!