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Re: lv-ab: Black Water

From: Richard Goodwin (no email)
Date: Tue Dec 13 2005 - 09:56:45 EST

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    Well if they're going to ban human waste in the ocean, then we ought to
    pass laws against all those animals, fish and birds out there doing the
    same thing!

    Dick

    --- Carl Herzog <> wrote:

    > Rosalie B. wrote:
    >
    > >On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:40:21 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
    > >
    > >No discharge can also mean no discharge of black water or treated
    > >black water (like with a LectraSan). The two areas on the East
    > Coast
    > >that I'm aware of like this are Narragansett Bay and the Florida
    > Keys.
    > >Some marinas also declare themselves No Discharge areas.
    > >
    > >
    >
    > Not just Narragansett Bay, but all of Rhode Island, out 3nm. The
    > designation also applies to adjacent Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts.
    > This
    > fall, New Hampshire won designation for all of its state's waters.
    > The
    > easternmost shoreline of Connecticut currently falls under the
    > regulations; the central coast, from New London to Guilford, is
    > currently under review by the EPA, and the state is expected to
    > submit
    > applications to the EPA in the spring that would cover the western
    > third
    > of the state. Maine’s Casco Bay is also currently under review by the
    >
    > EPA. In addition, numerous harbors on Long Island and in New Jersey
    > are
    > covered.
    >
    > For a complete list of the current zones, see:
    >
    http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/regulatory/vessel_sewage/vsdnozone.html
    >
    > --
    > Carl Herzog
    > Editor, Reed's Nautical Almanacs
    > Providence, RI
    > 401-454-8300
    >
    >
    >
    >
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