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| 1.__Discharge.__An owner or operator of a commercial passenger | | vessel who becomes aware of a discharge that is in violation of | | section 335 shall immediately report that discharge to the | | department. |
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| | | 2.__Records required by Federal Government.__If the owner or | | operator of a commercial passenger vessel operating in the | | coastal waters of the State is required by the Administrator | | of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the | | secretary of the federal department in which the United States | | Coast Guard is operating to collect samples and test sewage, | | gray water or other wastewater and keep records of the | | sampling and testing, the owner or operator shall, within 21 | | days after the sewage, gray water or other wastewater is | | tested, submit to the department a copy of the records. |
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| | | 3.__Sampling report.__Within 21 days after the testing | | required under section 336, subsection 4, the owner or | | operator shall submit a written report to the department that | | contains the measurements required under section 336, | | subsection 4 and describes the sampling technique and | | analytical testing methods used. The information in the report | | required under this subsection may be provided by referring | | to, and including copies of, other reports that are required | | by substantially equivalent state or federal reporting | | requirements. |
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| | | 4.__Hazardous waste discharge.__If the owner or operator of | | a commercial passenger vessel operating in the coastal waters | | of the State is required by the laws of the United States or | | by the laws of Canada or of a province or territory of Canada | | to file a report or provide notice of a discharge or off- | | loading of a hazardous waste or of a hazardous substance that | | was generated, discharged or off-loaded while the vessel was | | operating in the coastal waters of the State, the owner or | | operator shall submit to the department a copy of the report | | or notice within 21 days after having provided the report or | | notice to an agency of the government of the United States or | | to an agency of the government of Canada or of a province or | | territory of Canada. |
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| | | 5.__Policy and procedure plan.__Before the operation of a | | commercial passenger vessel in the coastal waters of the | | State, the owner or operator of the vessel shall provide to | | the department a plan that describes the vessel's policies and | | procedures for: |
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| | | A.__Off-loading in this State or disposing into the | | coastal waters of the State nonhazardous solid waste other | | than sewage; and |
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