On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:37:12 -0400, you wrote: >> From: "Rosalie B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Maryland provided funding for marinas to put in pumpout facilities. Maryland >> law requires that all marinas with 50 or more slips berthing any boats over >> 22?, >> must have a pumpout. New marinas and expanding marinas with more than 10 >> slips >> must also have pumpouts. > >I know a number of marinas that aren't compliant with the requirement >you list. Do you have a reference to the relevant law? I'd be very >interested. > I found this under pumpout grants http://www.dnr.state.md.us/boating/pumpout/grants.html. but it doesn't say what the law itself is http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=207 article when the law was passed
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/boating/pumpout/locations.html This is the location list OK I finally found it http://michie.lexisnexis.com/maryland/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp= ENVIRONMENT TITLE 9. WATER, ICE, AND SANITARY FACILITIES ยง 9-333. Marinas. (a) Definitions.- (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) "Pump-out facility" means a facility that pumps or receives human body wastes out of type III marine sanitation devices (holding tanks) on vessels. (3) (i) "Waste reception facility" means a facility specifically designed to receive wastes from portable toilets carried on vessels. (ii) "Waste reception facility" does not include a rest room facility. (b) Applicability of section.- This section applies to any public or private marina that is located on the navigable waters of the State. (c) Limitation on number of slips.- A person may not construct any additional slips at an existing marina that is capable of berthing vessels 22 feet or larger that would result in a total slip capacity of more than 10 slips or construct a new marina that is capable of berthing vessels 22 feet or larger with more than 10 slips on the navigable waters of the State unless: (1) The wastewater collection and treatment system at the marina is adequate to handle any existing and increased flow; and (2) There is a pump-out station on-site at the marina that is adequate to handle the increased sewage capacity from vessels that use the marina and that is operable and accessible at reasonable times. (d) Pump-out and waste reception facilities.- Unless a postponement is granted under subsection (e) of this section: (1) By July 1, 1995, a marina that berths any vessel that is over 22 feet in length and has 200 or more slips shall have a pump-out facility and a waste reception facility on-site that is operable, adequate to handle any existing and increased flows, and accessible at reasonable times; (2) By July 1, 1996, a marina that berths any vessel that is over 22 feet in length and has 100 or more slips shall have a pump-out facility and a waste reception facility on-site that is operable, adequate to handle any existing and increased flows, and accessible at reasonable times; and (3) By July 1, 1997, a marina that berths any vessel that is over 22 feet in length and has 50 or more slips shall have a pump-out facility and a waste reception facility on-site that is operable, adequate to handle any existing and increased flows, and accessible at reasonable times. [1989, ch. 690; 1994, ch. 478.] >> From: "Norm of Bandersnatch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> It must be very difficult to pump out a boat in a slip. >> >> A pump-out boat cannot come alongside. A dock cart with engine driven >> pump, tank, and hose long enough to reach the deck fitting from the main >> dock might be heavy, maybe requiring self propulsion. Does anyone know a >> marina that does that? > >The City of Annapolis pump-out boat pumps out boats in their slips at >marinas throughout City waters. With lots of fenders they wedge >between the boat and outboard piling. The pump-out hose is easily long >enough to reach the deck fitting on any boat I have seen. I have used >the services of the Annapolis pump-out boat in slips at two different >marinas, and know (from radio traffic) that the boat services boats in >all the major marinas. The cost is $5 for up to 50 gallons (I >believe). > >In my current marina, there is a fixed pump-out near the marina office >that is free to slipholders. For $20 the marina will pump-out a boat >in a slip using a golf cart mounted system. > >A couple of years ago I stayed in a marina that had a distributed >pump-out system that had a hose fitting about every 40 feet along each >pier. The marina would run a flexible hose from the nearest fitting to >any boat in its slip for $20 (IIRC); they would pump-out a boat >without requiring the owner to be present which was very convenient. > >sail fast, dave >S/V Auspicious >_______________________________________________ >Liveaboard mailing list >[email protected] >To adjust your membership settings over the web >http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > >To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
