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No Discharge Zone
Does anyone know the government website that would provide a current
map/listing of no discharge zones? |
No Discharge Zone
In article .com,
wrote: Does anyone know the government website that would provide a current map/listing of no discharge zones? Here are the rules... not sure what you mean by a map, as this applies to all areas. http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknow...ting/4_2_f.htm -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
No Discharge Zone
"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message ... In article .com, wrote: Does anyone know the government website that would provide a current map/listing of no discharge zones? Here are the rules... not sure what you mean by a map, as this applies to all areas. http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknow...ting/4_2_f.htm -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com There is also a law which a lot of Americans that boat in the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes do not know about. "Porta Potties" are prohibited. Your vessel must have a marine sanitation device, which is permanently installed, with pump out capabilites. No overboard discharge valves are allowed. Jim C. |
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Jim Carter wrote: "Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message ... In article .com, wrote: Does anyone know the government website that would provide a current map/listing of no discharge zones? Here are the rules... not sure what you mean by a map, as this applies to all areas. http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknow...ting/4_2_f.htm -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com There is also a law which a lot of Americans that boat in the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes do not know about. "Porta Potties" are prohibited. Your vessel must have a marine sanitation device, which is permanently installed, with pump out capabilites. No overboard discharge valves are allowed. Is there a size limit for that kind of restriction? (No, not the size of the head... g the size of the boat) -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Does anyone know the government website that would provide a current map/listing of no discharge zones? http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/regul...vsdnozone.html -- Peggie ---------- 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" http://www.seaworthy.com/store/custo...0&cat=6&page=1 http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327 |
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Jim Carter wrote:
There is also a law which a lot of Americans that boat in the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes do not know about. "Porta Potties" are prohibited. Your vessel must have a marine sanitation device, which is permanently installed, with pump out capabilites. No overboard discharge valves are allowed. That law is fairly strictly enforced against Canadian flagged vessels, but transient vessels with portapotties and overboard discharge capability have never had a problem--at least none that I've ever heard of in nearly 20 years--provided their systems are properly secured and they don't dump their portpotties overboard. Peggie ---------- 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" http://www.seaworthy.com/store/custo...0&cat=6&page=1 http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327 |
No Discharge Zone
Captain Joe Redcloud wrote:
A "no-discharge zone" is different than the general prohibition concerning the 3 mile limit. There are plenty of places in the US where you can discharge "treated waste" from a Lectra-San type unit. Those units are completely illegal in a no-discharge zone unless they have a holding tank to use while in those areas. I am not sure they can even be fitted with a holding tank. Yes, they can. You're correct that the discharge of treated waste from a USCG certified Type I or II MSD (device that treats waste to legal standards and discharges it overboard is legal in most COASTAL US waters, but not in any water specifically designated "no discharge." However, any boat equipped with a treatment device only needs to have a holding tank too--and use it of course--while in "no discharge" waters. In fact, almost all boats fitted with treatment devices also have a tank for use if/when they visit a "no discharge" harbor or marina. While we're on the subject...there is nothing that can be added to holding tank to make it legal to dump it in ANY US waters. Only devices that have been certified by the USCG as Type I (legal on boats 66' LOA) or Type II (required for boats 66'+ LOA) are legal treatment devices. Nor is it legal to flush directly overboard or dump a tank in any U.S. water...you must be outside the "3 mile limit" to flush a toilet directly overboard or dump a tank legally. That doesn't mean 3 miles from shore in the middle of LIS, the Chesapeake, SF Bay, Puget Sound etc...it means open ocean at least 3 miles from the nearest point on the whole US coastline. -- Peggie ---------- 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" http://www.seaworthy.com/store/custo...0&cat=6&page=1 http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327 |
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Perfect. Thank you.
Having purchased and read Peggie's book - I do recommend it. |
No Discharge Zone
After waste goes into the holding tank, can the system be plumbed to
then treat the waste with the treatment device, and discharge the waste when the vessel leaves the no discharge zone, or is a pump-out the only option to empty the holding tank? Peggie Hall wrote: However, any boat equipped with a treatment device only needs to have a holding tank too--and use it of course--while in "no discharge" waters. In fact, almost all boats fitted with treatment devices also have a tank for use if/when they visit a "no discharge" harbor or marina. -- Peggie |
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