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HR 2550 may make it illegal to wash your deck
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 |
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