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New requirements for NC vessel operators:
Clean Marinas/Pumpout Stations
A North Carolina bill entitled clean marinas/pumpout stations (ratified house bill 1378 and Session Law 2009-345) was recently signed into law. It states “an act to provide that the owner or operator of certain marinas shall install and maintain pumpout facilities by July 1, 2010, to prohibit the discharge of sewage from a vessel into certain coastal waters, to require the owner or operator of any marina who knows that a vessel docked at the marina has unlawfully discharged sewage into coastal waters to report the unlawful discharge to the appropriate law enforcement agency, to require vessel owners and operators to keep a log regarding the date and location of pumpouts of sewage from marine sanitation devices, and to provide that a pilot program in new Hanover county shall be designed and implemented by the department of environment and natural resources to begin phasing in the pumpout station requirements.”
Section 1 of this act becomes effective July 1, 2010, and contains the following requirements:
"§ 77-127. Department of Environment and Natural Resources establish pumpout facility criteria; inspection of pumpout facilities and vessels docked or moored at a marina.
(a) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall establish appropriate criteria for pumpout facilities and pumpout services provided at large vessel marinas that offer docking services to the general public. The criteria shall include requirements that the facility or services be available to the public, the pumpout facility be open during normal hours, and the pumpout facility be used for its intended purpose. The criteria also shall include a requirement that these marinas maintain records regarding the pumpout facility or services. The Department also shall develop guidelines for inspections of pumpout facilities at such marinas and of vessels that are docked or moored at these marinas.
(b) The Department also shall establish appropriate criteria for pumpout facilities and pumpout services provided at privately owned large vessel marinas that do not offer docking services to the general public. The criteria shall include requirements that the facility or services be made reasonably available to members of the private marina and the pumpout facility be used for its intended purpose. The criteria also shall include a requirement that these marinas maintain records regarding the pumpout facility or services. The Department also shall develop guidelines for inspections of pumpout facilities at such marinas and of vessels that are docked or moored at these marinas.
"§ 77-128. Vessel owner and operator required to keep log of pumpout dates.
(a) Any owner or operator of a vessel that has a marine sanitation device shall maintain a record of the date of each pumpout of the marine sanitation device and the location of the pumpout facility. Each record shall be maintained for a period of one year from the date of the pumpout.
To see the full state law, click here: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1378v6.pdf.
Clean Marinas/Pumpout Stations
A North Carolina bill entitled clean marinas/pumpout stations (ratified house bill 1378 and Session Law 2009-345) was recently signed into law. It states “an act to provide that the owner or operator of certain marinas shall install and maintain pumpout facilities by July 1, 2010, to prohibit the discharge of sewage from a vessel into certain coastal waters, to require the owner or operator of any marina who knows that a vessel docked at the marina has unlawfully discharged sewage into coastal waters to report the unlawful discharge to the appropriate law enforcement agency, to require vessel owners and operators to keep a log regarding the date and location of pumpouts of sewage from marine sanitation devices, and to provide that a pilot program in new Hanover county shall be designed and implemented by the department of environment and natural resources to begin phasing in the pumpout station requirements.”
Section 1 of this act becomes effective July 1, 2010, and contains the following requirements:
"§ 77-127. Department of Environment and Natural Resources establish pumpout facility criteria; inspection of pumpout facilities and vessels docked or moored at a marina.
(a) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall establish appropriate criteria for pumpout facilities and pumpout services provided at large vessel marinas that offer docking services to the general public. The criteria shall include requirements that the facility or services be available to the public, the pumpout facility be open during normal hours, and the pumpout facility be used for its intended purpose. The criteria also shall include a requirement that these marinas maintain records regarding the pumpout facility or services. The Department also shall develop guidelines for inspections of pumpout facilities at such marinas and of vessels that are docked or moored at these marinas.
(b) The Department also shall establish appropriate criteria for pumpout facilities and pumpout services provided at privately owned large vessel marinas that do not offer docking services to the general public. The criteria shall include requirements that the facility or services be made reasonably available to members of the private marina and the pumpout facility be used for its intended purpose. The criteria also shall include a requirement that these marinas maintain records regarding the pumpout facility or services. The Department also shall develop guidelines for inspections of pumpout facilities at such marinas and of vessels that are docked or moored at these marinas.
"§ 77-128. Vessel owner and operator required to keep log of pumpout dates.
(a) Any owner or operator of a vessel that has a marine sanitation device shall maintain a record of the date of each pumpout of the marine sanitation device and the location of the pumpout facility. Each record shall be maintained for a period of one year from the date of the pumpout.
To see the full state law, click here: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1378v6.pdf.