8 Environment
8 Environment
When handling environmentally hazardous substances such as fuel, oils, solvents, grease, bottom
coats, you need to consider the following:
• Always read the instructions for each product carefully and handle the product with care.
◦ Make sure that the used packaging, cans and similar items are discarded in designated
collection points.
◦ If you are in any doubt whether the product is hazardous or not, contact the supplier or
vendor of the product.
• The backwash from boats wears down the shoreline and creates problems for other boats near
you.
◦ Always adjust your speed to the situation and the surroundings to avoid unnecessary
backwash.
• Always drive the boat at the most economical engine revs possible, taking the prevailing
conditions into account, to avoid unnecessary emissions and noise.
• Make sure that the engine is properly serviced at regular intervals so that noise and emission
levels are minimized.
◦ Read the engine manufacturer's manual carefully.
• As a boat owner you must be aware of the local environmental laws, and respect codes of good
practice.
◦ Never empty the septic or black water tank into water.
◦ Familiarize yourself with the international regulations on the prevention of marine pollution
(MARPOL) and comply with these regulations.
8.1 Requirements for North America
The EPA standards state that in freshwater lakes, freshwater reservoirs or other freshwater
impoundments whose inlets or outlets are such as to prevent the ingress or egress by vessel traffic
subject to this regulation, or in rivers not capable of navigation by interstate vessel traffic subject to this
regulation, marine sanitation devices certified by the U.S. Coast Guard installed on all vessels shall be
designed and operated to prevent the overboard discharge of sewage, treated or untreated, or of any
waste derived from sewage.
The EPA standards further state that this shall not be construed to prohibit the carriage of Coast Guard-
certified flow-through treatment devices which have been secured so as to prevent such discharges.
They also state that waters where a Coast Guard-certified marine sanitation device permitting discharge
is allowed include coastal waters and estuaries, the Great Lakes and interconnected waterways,
freshwater lakes and impoundments accessible through locks, and other flowing waters that are
navigable interstate by vessels subject to this regulation (40 CFR 140.3).
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