Everyone better pay attention to this:

HR 2550
"Recreational Boating Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to include within the
meaning of the term "pollutant" any deck runoff from a recreational vessel,
any engine cooling water, gray water, bilge water effluent from properly
functioning recreational marine engines, laundry, shower, and galley sink
wastes from a recreational vessel, or any other discharge incidental to the
normal operation of a recreational vessel. States that this term does not
apply to rubbish, trash, garbage, or other such materials discharged
overboard by a recreational vessel. "

This seems to ban bilge pumps, water cooled engines, rinsing the deck,
washing the topsides and maybe even brushing our teeth..

Notice that this applies only to recreational vessels, not to cargo ships
discharging ballast water full of zebra mussels and other exotic pests.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

ALL of this stuff is all ready regulated on cargo ships, including
ballast water.





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Everyone better pay attention to this:

HR 2550
"Recreational Boating Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to include within
the meaning of the term "pollutant" any deck runoff from a
recreational vessel, any engine cooling water, gray water, bilge water
effluent from properly functioning recreational marine engines,
laundry, shower, and galley sink wastes from a recreational vessel, or
any other discharge incidental to the normal operation of a
recreational vessel. States that this term does not apply to rubbish,
trash, garbage, or other such materials discharged overboard by a
recreational vessel. "

This seems to ban bilge pumps, water cooled engines, rinsing the deck,
washing the topsides and maybe even brushing our teeth..

Notice that this applies only to recreational vessels, not to cargo
ships discharging ballast water full of zebra mussels and other exotic
pests.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or
lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com


Yes, it does ban brushing your teeth if you rinse and spit into the
sink that then drains overboard.

I believe bilge discharge of commercial vessels is already regulated.