COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 23!
In this space in January of 2014 we made our readers aware of the State of Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) plan to petition the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a no-discharge zone in Puget Sound, which would prohibit the use of USCG-approved types 1 and 2 marine sanitation devices. The actual, stated reasons given by the State Department of Ecology (DOE) amount to the following:
Other states have NDZs.
It is technically feasible.
It feels right.
The DOE further explained that the US Coast Guard….
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