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	Name:	AnchorbayDon -
	Subject:	Boating Law Update
	Date:	3/11/2006 6:46:03 PM

On the sewage issue, there is already a law, which is well enforced, regarding dumping of sewage into any lake in the State. Under the Marine Sanitation Act of 2002, any boat with a head must have their boat inspected by the Marine Police to ensure that it is incapable of dumping overboard. Marina operators are prohibited from allowing any boat with a head, but without a sanitation permit to stay in their marinas overnight. The Marine Police are enforcing this and I seriously doubt that there's much sewage dumping going on in Lake Martin. (I have to pay to have our pump out holding tank disposed of and I can tell you there's a whole lot of S--t being pumped out of boats and into the pump out station's tank.)