Already in GA.

 

You have to keep a log of pumpout? Are there other states?

Seems a little ridiculous.

 

Yep, even when I do it a home I have to make a log entry.

 

Wow. What a crazy requirement.

That really surprises me.

 

To the extent that it requires marinas to install and maintain better pumpout facilities I'm all for it. The requirement to keep a log is dumb because its not enforceable.

 

To the extent that it requires marinas to install and maintain better pumpout facilities I'm all for it. The requirement to keep a log is dumb because its not enforceable.

+1:thumbsup:

I think it is just another way for the DNR to fine you. If you don't have a log you get ($500??) fine. Great way for them to generate revenue.

 

I wonder what how the requirements apply for those of us who go three + miles off shore and open the seacock? I guess that is considered a pumpout.

 

I wonder what how the requirements apply for those of us who go three + miles off shore and open the seacock? I guess that is considered a pumpout.

Do the poop inspectors come on board and inspect your holding tank?

How is this enforced other than marina owners turning in their customers? I agree that it may make for better facilities for the marinas but the boat owner keeping a log?

If I pump out my tank now, which is full of bleach water, and it is next to my house, I have to log this?

 

I agree, that is getting a bit absurd. So what if people do not use the head much or at all, are they going to assume they are discharging because they have not logged a pump out in a while?

On another note, those of you who are doing their own pump outs, how are you doing this? Being a trailered boat there are times that I might want to do this. What are you using to pump out?

-Ryan

 

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On another note, those of you who are doing their own pump outs, how are you doing this? Being a trailered boat there are times that I might want to do this. What are you using to pump out?

-Ryan

I have a dedicated shop vac for it. Then pour it down a "T" that goes to the septic tank for my RV.

 

I live in NC and am frequently involved in some legislative matters through my profession. The problem apparently originated with some boat owners that never leave the dock, have no access to pumpout facilities, yet entertain frequently with large parties, etc. They pump out at night and everyone knows it, but can do nothing to stop it. The local representative filed this bill and it passed. My yacht club was able to ge the wording "available to the general public" inserted to exempt private clubs. And, the bill is only applicable in EPA no-discharge zones, of thich there is only one in NC, Wrightville Beach area.

 

Hmmm... Ok... I'd make a log and put 2 entries in it each year. One right smack in the middle of the season, and the date that it gets hauled for the winter. Tell them that you make all of your guests use on shore facilities, and that the head on your boat is for "emergency use only". You only need to pump out once during the year and once again before you lay it up for the winter.

How can they enforce this? What are they going to do, tell you that you must have used the head more than that?

 

They will carbon date the entry and make sure you are not "pencil whipping" it!!!:lol:

Man, now we are going to have poop inspectors.....:smt009

The things they spend our tax money on..... :smt013

 

Anybody can make up a "Log" about a "Log"!
Who would know the truth?

Unless you had to get it notorized..........

And then, even then, the log could be made up.

The people that do the offense now...... for whatever reasons.... will continue to do it.

 

Note that the marina must keep a log too, so the vessel log could be verified. Like I said in an earlier post, it's just a Wrightsville Beach issue, since the law only applies in EPA No Discharge Zones.

 

I don't get it. I thought anywhere inside the 3 mile line is an EPA no discharge zone. Or, is this a shellfish issue and thats where the EPA comes in? I see signs all over in the WB area about shellfish protection. One thing I do know is that you don't want to mess with the EPA. Everyone who has dealings with them is made into a public "example"

 

Read what Captain Allen said above... it's a non-issue...only applies to a small area where they've had problems...
Not that this legislation is going to stop it. You'd think the NC legislature would have more pressing issues.

 

Type 1 and 2 systems can discharge inside the 3 mile zone. They are treatment systems such as Microphor, LectraSan, etc. But even they are prohibited from discharging in an EPA No-Discharge Zone.

 

This is total nonsense, and is the result of allowing extremist environmentally minded politicians to run unchecked. I'm sure there are more important things to spend tax dollars on.

 

Just do your business off the swim platform and don't use the head. Problem solved.

 

You would then need to log that.

 

Buy a high quality log book. You never know when you'll run out of TP.