On July 29, 2008, Congress passed the Clean Boating Act of 2008 (CBA). This law provides that recreational vessels shall not be subject to the requirement to obtain a CWA permit to authorize discharges incidental to their normal operation. It instead directs EPA to evaluate recreational vessel discharges, to develop appropriate management practices for the discharges, and to promulgate performance standards for those management practices. The CBA then directs the USCG to promulgate regulations for the use of the management practices developed by EPA; finally, the law requires recreational boater compliance with such practices.
Read the law: http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/vessel/CBA/about.cfm
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