b'E N V I R O N M E N TA L I N F O R M AT I O NConnecticuts Clean BoaterMarine Sanitation Devices (MSDs)ProgramAll vessels with an installed toilet are required to have a Using sound environmental boating practicesCoast Guard certified Marine Sanitation Device (MSD) attached protects our resources and ensures the futureto the toilet. Visit https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Boating/CVA/health of Connecticuts waters. The Clean BoaterConnecticut-Clean-Vessel-Act-Program for more information. Program encourages the states boaters to use clean boatingA macerator alone is not a certified MSD. A macerator only grinds techniques. It also supports marinas that are environmentallythe sewage. It does not treat it to kill bacteria and viruses. All responsible. For information about the Clean Boater Program orCoast Guard certified Type I and Type II MSDs have a certification Clean Marina Program, contact the Boating Division at 860-434- label affixed by the manufacturer. Holding tanks are not required 8638 or visit:https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Boating/Boating- to have a certification label. Visit the Environmental Protection and-Paddling.Agency website at https://www.epa.gov/vessels-marinas-and-ports/vessel-sewage-discharges for more information.Boat Hull Maintenance The U.S. Coast Guard can issue fines of up to $2,000 for the If your marina allows underwater hull cleaning, pleaseillegal discharge of untreated sewage. Section 15-175(a) of the proceed with caution: Connecticut General Statutes provides that any person owning or Do not clean boat bottoms painted with ablative paints operating a vessel from which untreated sewage is discharged Use hard bottom paint if you need to clean your boatfrom a MSD or bypass into the waters of this state has committed bottom throughout the seasona class A misdemeanor. A class A misdemeanor is a criminal Ask your marina operator if there are any specificoffense for which a person, if convicted, may be sentenced to a guidelines you need to term of imprisonment of not more than one year and be fined an follow while cleaning your boat bottom amount not more than two thousand dollars. State conservation Use only soft material (sponges, not brushes) to cleanofficers and municipal marine police may enforce this law.growth off the hullUse stainless steel pads and/or brushes only onNo Discharge Areasunpainted surfaces It is illegal to discharge untreated sewage from your boat into Stop cleaning in the water if colored plumes of paintany of Connecticuts waters.appear in the water Connecticut- All waters of Fishers Island Sound and its Do not paint zincs harbors from the Rhode Island State boundary to Byram Point, o When replacing zinc anodes, bring them ashore forGreenwich, as well as the navigable reaches of all Connecticut recycling rivers and tidal streams that drain into Long Island Sound Hire a professional diver and tell them you expect themwithin state boundaries, including the Hammonasset River, to minimize pollution Menunketesuck River, Niantic River, Thames River, Housatonic River from the Derby Dam, and Quinnipiac River from the MARPOL Regulations southern border of North Haven. All vessels must obey MARPOL regulations developed inNew York- Long Island Sound, including the open waters, the 1970s (revised in 2006) and guidelines accepted in 2012harbors, bays and navigable tributaries of the Sound and a to protect the marine environment from operational pollution.portion of the East River, from the Hell Gate Bridge in the west to The U.S. legislation that implements MARPOL Annex V, bans thethe northern bounds of Block Island Sound in the east. Included dumping of specified garbage and all plastics in all navigablein the NDA are: Peconic Estuary, East Hampton, Mamaroneck waters of the United States. It is illegal to discard fishing line onHarbor, Greater Huntington-Northport Bay Complex, Port Jefferson land or in state waters. It also places restrictions on the disposalHarbor Complex, Hempstead Harbor, Oyster Bay/Cold Spring of other types of shipboard solid wastes. Vessels over 26 feetHarbor Complex, and Hudson River.must display a durable placard explaining MARPOL Annex VRhode Island- All waters.disposal regulations. See the EPA website at www.epa.gov/vessels-marinas-and-ports/no-discharge-zones-ndzs-state for a list of NDAs by state.2023 Connecticut BOATERS GUIDE41'