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> > We would like to spend several days in the San Juan Islands and at one of
> > the marinas in the Anacortes area. Can someone tell me if there are US
> > regulations re holding tanks and what they are?
> >
> > Cheers, Garrett
>
Hoping to head off a long thread on what is and what's not permitted, here are
the U.S. Federal regs on the subject (without comment), as copied from WAIS
Document Retrieval on the NARA site from 33 CFR 159.7, Subpart (b) for Type
I or
II devices (processors), and subpart (c) for Type III (holding tank) devices:
b) When operating a vessel on a body of water where the discharge
of treated or untreated sewage is prohibited by the Environmental
Protection Agency under 40 CFR 140.3 or 140.4, the operator must secure
each Type I or Type II device in a manner which prevents
discharge of treated or untreated sewage. Acceptable methods of securing
the device include--
(1) Closing the seacock and removing the handle;
(2) Padlocking the seacock in the closed position;
(3) Using a non-releasable wire-tie to hold the seacock in the
closed position; or
(4) Locking the door to the space enclosing the toilets with a
padlock or door handle key lock.
(c) When operating a vessel on a body of water where the discharge
of untreated sewage is prohibited by the Environmental Protection Agency
under 40 CFR 140.3, the operator must secure each Type III device in a
manner which prevents discharge of sewage. Acceptable methods of
securing the device include--
(1) Closing each valve leading to an overboard discharge and
removing the handle;
(2) Padlocking each valve leading to an overboard discharge in the
closed position; or
(3) Using a non-releasable wire-tie to hold each valve leading to an
overboard discharge in the closed position.
--
Regards --- Don Dement
M/V Merrymar -- DeFever 48 -- Annapolis
