Pete Meisinger wrote:
If it goes directly from your body to the water i.e.: a "squirt" off the back of the boat, seasickness or even a bowel movement, it is legal.
George replied, "not true."
Sorry, George, but that IS true. "Direct deposit" from you into the water, whether from the lee rail or while in the water, IS legal, although you could run afoul of any indecent exposure laws.
It's only illegal if if goes through any installed device or any container--tank, bucket, even a coffee mug--first.
This only applies to sewage (human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body waste). This does not apply to gray water or throwing up over the side...there is no prohibition in federal law against either of them.
--Peggie
If it goes directly from your body to the water i.e.: a "squirt" off the back of the boat, seasickness or even a bowel movement, it is legal.
George replied, "not true."
Sorry, George, but that IS true. "Direct deposit" from you into the water, whether from the lee rail or while in the water, IS legal, although you could run afoul of any indecent exposure laws.
It's only illegal if if goes through any installed device or any container--tank, bucket, even a coffee mug--first.
This only applies to sewage (human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body waste). This does not apply to gray water or throwing up over the side...there is no prohibition in federal law against either of them.
--Peggie
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