All, Just an FYI as to where things are headed. All of the NY area is a no discharge zone. You can be boarded an inspected, so you must have a holding tank only. You can have a overboard y with a lock that can only be used off shore. One town requires orange dye pellets to be inserted in the holding tank on all boats so you could be caught if you pump out in the wrong place.
I was on board with a friend that was boarded by the CG and they said you would be sent back to port if you have any oil in the bilge. Keep in mind that every town dumps millions of gallons of raw waste when it rains too hard. One town has a pipe that boils up effluent non stop. You need to hold your nose when you go by. When they passed the law originally, there were 2 pump out stations operating for 500,000 boats. Thanks Rich Zimmerman 73 34' "commitment" --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> Subject: [UnifliteWorld] No Discharge Zones in Puget Sound To: [email protected] Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 4:09 AM Hey All, As I go through all my redo of the aft head in my boat, I became curious of the No Discharge areas. My '42 has both a Lectra San (Type 1 MSD) and Microphor M-10 (Type 2 MSD). That led me to ask what areas would it be legal to actually discharge with my type 1 or type 2 in Puget Sound? I had only used holding tanks in the past so I was curious. >From fellow boaters I have heard every extreme of answer. From that there are no areas of Puget Sound where it is legal, to many many other combos. Well..I just came across this link from the EPA. http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/regulatory/vessel_sewage/vsdnozone.html#table1 Is this right? If so...this states that it is legal to discharge treated waste in any area of Puget Sound. Could this really be true? Kerry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
