Seeing as the Puget Sound is experiencing a loss of habitats from pollution, I view any effort to clean it up as positive. But then, I'd rather see the government spend its efforts on cleaning up the environment then starting wars for more pollutants. Guess it's a matter of priorities. --Bob Olson M-15, Seaquel On Jan 3, 2008, at 7:21 PM, GILASAILR@aol.com wrote:
From Scuttlebutt:
BIG GOVERNMENT - BIG MESS For 34 years the U.S. federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has exempted discharges from recreational boats from the Clean Water Act permit system. A recent court ruling cancelled this permit exemption. EPA is required by the court decision to develop and implement by September 30, 2008 a national permit system for ALL vessels in the United States for a variety of normal operational discharges like grey water, engine cooling water and deck runoff. BoatU.S. along with other industry groups has been working behind the scenes to come up with a legislative fix for this huge problem. If nothing is done to solve this issue, you will have to pay for a permit for each boat that you operate including your dinghy, Laser, or motorboat in each state! -- Scuttleblog, read on: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/blog/2008/01/big-government-big-mess.html
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