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The Clean Boating Act of 2008

S. 2766, The Clean Boating Act of 2008New

Clean Boating Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to provide that no permit shall be required by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for the discharge from a recreational vessel of graywater, bilge water, cooling water, weather deck runoff, oil water separator effluent, or effluent from properly functioning marine engines or for any other discharge that is incidental to the normal operation of such vessel.

Defines a "recreational vessel" as any vessel that is leased, rented, or chartered to a person for that person's pleasure or that is manufactured or used primarily for pleasure, excluding vessels that are subject to Coast Guard inspection and that are engaged in commercial use or that carry paying passengers.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) develop management practices for recreational vessels to mitigate the adverse impacts on U.S. waters of discharges incidental to normal vessel operation (excluding sewage) in any case in which the Administrator determines that the use of those practices is reasonable and practicable; and (2) promulgate federal standards of performance (which may distinguish among vessel types) for each discharge for which such a management practice is developed.

Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to promulgate regulations governing the design, construction, installation, and use of management practices for recreational vessels as necessary to meet such standards. Prohibits the owner or operator of a recreational vessel from operating in U.S. waters if such owner or operator is not using applicable management practices in compliance with such regulations.

Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 5/21/2008: Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

 
 
Sewage Steward

    Sewage Steward
How much would you pay to let someone else empty your boat's holding tank every time it needs it? A new company is hoping about $250 a year.

Klean Marine, a start-up based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, believes many boaters would line up for the service, especially those who dump their waste illegally and then feel guilty about the pollution it causes.

The company is starting a beta test program in South Florida this summer. If you're interested, check out its Web site. If the pump-out service proves popular, the company also plans to expand nationwide to be able to service cruisers who cover a lot of coastline every year. For about $250, that means your holding tank is emptied for you everywhere you go.

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Turning green into gold

Turning green into gold Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET
February 26, 2008 5:26 PM PDT

U.S. waterways are nowhere near as clean as the clear water in this fish tank. The founders of Klean Marine, based in Sunrise, Fla., hope that their start-up will change that by launching national cleaning services for recreational boats.

Fees starting at $250 per year would help boat owners dispose of sewage and other waste, which too often get dumped in the dead of night, said company President Kean Fulton.
 
 
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Start-up aims to keep boat waste out of waterways

Posted by Elsa Wenzel for C-Net

Most owners of the 13 million recreational boats in the United States dump their waste in the water, fouling fish and coral reefs with sewage and fuel, according to Klean Marine. The start-up plans to help boaters clean up their act.

Its founders aim to launch a service that would clean sailboats, motorboats, and yachts in ports of harbor around the country. Klean Marine would thus be able to serve, say, traveling snowbirds whether they're docked in Chicago in July or Miami in December. An annual subscription would start at $250.

Company president Kean Fulton, presenting Tuesday at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, hopes to attract $3 million in equity funding in the near term. He aims to raise another $25 million from government freshwater grants and other sources. There are about 35 private boat sewage cleanup companies, mostly mom-and-pop operations that haven't attempted to expand nationally, Fulton said.

"Most people don't want to deal with their sewage," Fulton said. "They're waiting until the night, then flipping the switch, and it's gone."

It's illegal under the Clean Water Act to dump raw sewage into interstate waterways. Boaters could take their waste to pumping stations, but many don't. The Environmental Protection Agency has tried to repeal boat pollution rules, which Fulton believes will prevail, driving demand for Klean Marine's services.

The company is launching a beta test run in South Florida later this year, collecting data about the types of waste it removes and reporting to the EPA. Fulton hopes that the information gathered will help the government to control marine sewage pollution.

Fulton believes he has the right connections to do the job, and it helps that his brother owns a large marine waste management company. (And both men claim boating in the blood, being descendants of 19th century steamboat pioneer Robert Fulton.)

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