Rick wrote:

Gotta give you cedit for tenacity if not accuracy.



Do you know what a "boundary line" is?

Which ones? There are at least a dozen affecting every country,
depending on what the issue is...territorial fishing rights, state
lines, mineral rights, marine sanition...just to name a few.


The waters in the donut holes are landward of the barrier islands
forming the west side of that part of the inside passage. They are not
in "ocean waters," except for the purposes of COLREGS. They are in the
sheltered coastal waters of Southeast Alaska.

Doesn't matter, Rick..as long as there's more than 3 miles separation
between 'em. You didn't disagree that it's illegal to dump or flush
directly overboard within 3 miles of any of 'em.


The new law didn't grant any exemptions to smaller vessels, only put
an additional burden on the large ones.

The new law exempted small vessels carrying less than 50 overnight
passengers. It did not give them any more rights than they had to begin
with. The new law only removed the "right" of larger vessels to legally
dump raw sewage in certain areas of the inland and coastal waters of
Alaska.

How does that differ from what I've already said: the new law doesn't
exempt smaller boats, it only places an additional burden on larger
boats that were in violation of federal law anyway.


You would be in Puget sound, and if you sailed closer than 3 miles to
any land between Port Townsend and the Canadian border...from there to
the AK state line you're in Canadian coastal waters, subject to their
laws, not ours.


No dumping is allowed in Puget Sound or the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The
point I was trying to make is that a small boat can indeed travel from
just north of Seattle all the way to Glacier Bay via the inside passage
and legally dump raw sewage. That is directly and correctly in
opposition to your statement that "There are no coastal (or inland)
waters in the whole US--east coast, west coast, or Gulf--in which it's
legal to discharge raw untreated toilet waste directly overboard or dump
a tank."

You cleverly left out the operative phrase that I've stressed: "within
3 miles of the coastline"--which includes the coast of any islands.

It's VERY confusing, I know....


No, it's not confusing. It is part of the information a competent and
informed person requires to safely and legally operate a vessel in US
waters.

And if you want to be one, I suggest you read the law, which you can do
by going he
http://www.setonresourcecenter.com/4...0/wcd0006d.asp

What confuses people is when false or misleading statements are posted
on the internet by people who do not know what they are talking about.

Yep...and if you want to keep on doing it, you'll have find someone else
to argue with.

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"
http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html