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Default Minor miracle?

On Aug 24, 5:52*pm, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of
Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Aug 24, 5:47 pm, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of
Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:
hk wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Aug 24, 5:03 pm, RPSIII wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:18:34 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
If the oil pan rusts out or develops a leak,
Oil pans don't rust out around these parts. No salt.
Casady
As he said, do what you think is in your best interest, but the law is
written so that ANY gas/oil that will leave a sheen on the water can
result in HIGH fines. *Technically if you overfill your gas tank and a
ounce of gas ends up in the water, you could face an outrageous fine.
This is the reason why all marinas I ever visit require the boat owner
to fill their tanks. *That way they are not responsible for overfilling
a tank.
Does the EPA and CG respond to and fine folks in GA for overfilling
the gas tanks on their boats?
We have the option of filling our tanks ourselves or having the dock
attendant do it for us.
Let's be real here...how often is Reggie "filling the tank" on his
imaginary bubble boat to drive around that dried up lake?
Parker puts fairly large gasoline tanks in its boats. My 21-footer has a
100-gallon tank. I keep it about half full. Another 50 gallons of fuel
is another 350 pounds or so... No need to be carrying that much extra
weight.
When i said "filling" the tank, I meant holding the gas nozzle and
putting gas into the tank, not necessarily filling the tank to maximum
capacity. *If I get close to actually filling the tank, my fuel vent
will overflow, so I try to make sure I don't overfill the tank, but I
have done it a time or two. *I often see runabout and PWC's spilling
fuel into the water and I expect to see this become a major issue soon..


So did you report the overfill to the CG and EPA?


Otherwise....why are you making it an issue in this discussion?


Was I talking to you?


No, you were posting replies to me on a NG.

Once cannot talk to each other here Reggie.