| | | D.__"Graywater" means galley, dishwasher, bath and laundry | | wastewater.__"Graywater" does not include other wastes or | | waste streams. |
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| | | E.__"Large commercial passenger vessel" means a commercial | | passenger vessel that provides overnight accommodations for | | 250 or more passengers for hire, determined with reference | | to the number of lower berths. |
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| | | F.__"No-discharge zone" means an area within coastal waters | | that has been designated by the United States Environmental | | Protection Agency pursuant to 33 United States Code, Section | | 1322, to be an area in which discharge of blackwater is | | prohibited. |
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| | | G.__"Small commercial passenger vessel" means a commercial | | passenger vessel that provides overnight accommodations for | | fewer than 250 passengers for hire, determined with | | reference to the number of lower berths. |
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| | | 2.__Licensing exemptions.__ A license is not required pursuant | | to section 413 prior to the discharge of graywater to coastal | | waters from: |
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| | | A.__A small commercial passenger vessel; |
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| | | B. A commercial passenger vessel operated by the United | | States or a foreign government; or |
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| | | C.__A commercial passenger vessel if the discharge is made | | for the purpose of securing the vessel or saving life at | | sea, and as long as all reasonable precautions have been | | taken to prevent or minimize the discharge. A discharge as | | described in this paragraph must be reported in accordance | | with subsection 3. |
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| | | 3.__Report of unauthorized discharge.__Discharges of | | blackwater or graywater from a large commercial passenger vessel | | to coastal waters must be reported to the department as provided | | in this subsection. |
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| | | A.__The owner or operator of a large commercial passenger | | vessel that discharges blackwater within a no-discharge zone |
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| | | or discharges blackwater in violation of federal law outside | | a no-discharge zone shall immediately report that discharge | | to the department. The owner or operator shall submit a | | written report concerning the discharge to the department | | within 30 days of the discharge. |
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