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 Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:44 am Post subject: Clean Water Act |
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http://capwiz.com/boatblue/issues/alert/?alertid=11423171
Tell Congress to Schedule a Vote on Clean Boating Act
H.R. 5949/ S, 2766 Must Pass by Sept. 30, 2008 to Avoid New Regulations on Boaters
Unless Congress passes the Clean Boating Act before September 30, 2008, every recreational boater in the country will have to obtain a federal or state permit just to operate their boat.
Without passage of the Clean Boating Act (H.R. 5949/S. 2766) before Sept. 2008, boaters will face yearly fees, bureaucratic red tape, confusing and potential state-by-state regulations, citizen lawsuits and $32,000 per day penalties for non-compliance. These permits would apply to deck run-off, bilge water, engine cooling water and any other water-based, operational discharge from a recreational boat, which have never been considered pollutants in 35 years of the Clean Water Act. The Environmental Protection Agency, due to a sweeping court order, is already writing this unprecedented new regulation for these everyday overboard water discharges.
Tell Congress to quickly schedule and pass the S. 2766/H.R. 5949, the Clean Boating Act of 2008, TODAY to prevent this new regulation!
The bill passed out of the House and Senate Committees unanimously in May 2008. Boaters need to encourage their elected officials to bring the bill for a vote in the full House and Senate NOW!!
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