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Legislative Alert |
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S. 2766, the Clean Boating Act of
2008 |
The Threat to
Recreational Boating. Unless Congress acts soon,
every recreational boater in the country will have
to obtain a federal or state permit in order to
operate their boat. This means yearly fees,
bureaucratic red tape, confusing and potentially
state-by-state regulations, citizen suits and
$32,000 per day penalties for non-compliance. These
permits would apply to deck run-off, bilge water,
engine cooling water and any other water-based,
operational discharge from a recreational boat. The
Environmental Protection Agency, due to a sweeping
court order, is already writing this unprecedented
new regulation on boaters.
Recreational boating is one of the most enjoyable
American pastimes for 73 million boaters nationwide
to spend time together outside enjoying our natural
treasures with friends and family. But, unless
Congressional action is taken soon to pass S. 2766,
the Clean Boating Act of 2008, the estimated 18
million recreational boats in this country could be
subjected to sweeping new regulations and permit
requirements intended for commercial ships with
ballast water tanks, preventing boaters from
enjoying this great past time.
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Sen. Bill Nelson
(D) speaks to more than 30 boaters
in Fort Myers
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Sen. Bill Nelson
(D) spoke to more than 30 boaters this morning about efforts
to stop legislation requiring pollutant discharge permits
for recreational boaters.
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Nelson held a press conference on the fuel
dock at Fort Myers Municipal Marina at 9:30
a.m. to assure local boaters that he
understands their concerns.
“Because of (Florida) being
heaven,” he laughed, “all the recreational
boaters are here.”
Nelson said
there are 34 bipartisan co-sponsors in the
Senate pushing a Clean Boating Act, which
would clarify that laws regulating water
discharges from large commercial boats does
not apply to small recreational boaters.
A U.S. District Court ordered the
Environmental Protection Agency in 2005 to
create a new permitting system by September
2008, that would require all boaters,
commercial and recreational, anglers and
charter boats, to obtain pollutant discharge
permits, now only required for large
commercial or ocean-going ships.
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2008-05-11 -
Update on
Alred
Marina -
From
SYNERGY
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Alred
Marina is located 25 miles south of
Huntsville, Al on the Tennessee
River and is within a short day drive of
Chattanooga, Nashville and Memphis.
It located at MM 357 on the river which is
about 140 miles east from the
junction of the TENTOM and the Tennessee.
The website with all the
information is
www.alredmarina.com
and has all the information needed for
boaters to inquire about a slip from the
manager Russ Cranford.
This is an excellent place for people that
are looking to spent the summer
free of hurricanes and want to be well
placed for a "LOOP DEPARTURE" in the
early Winter.
Pete
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2008-04-24 -
Update -
FRONT PAGE heads to the Bahamas
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ABOVE FOR OUR LOG
AND
CURRENT LOCATION
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Heading to the Bahamas |
.. after a number of Months of planning on
Sunday June 1st the Crews of Dee Light
and Root Beer Float are heading
for the Bahamas .. at this time we are planning
to spend the next three Months in the Bahamas ..
.. Sunday June 1st will be our shakedown
cruise from Legacy Harbour Marina to Fort
Myers Beach ( Moss Marina ) .. and then on
Monday the 2nd we plan to head to Marathon
Florida for one night at
Poncho's
Fuel Dock .. and then on Tuesday morning we
will do The Crossing to Bimini
Bahamas ..
.. you can keep track of our progress via my
Website ( Dee
Light Website ) as our Trip Log has
already been started .. to go to the Website
just click on our Bahamas 2008 Logo ..
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Some Photo Stuff
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2008 May
- Cape Coral Cardboard Boat Regatta
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click
on above for details
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FUEL PRICES
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FUEL PRICES
the
rising cost of fuel has had a huge
impact on our boating .. there are many
different places that we can check out
fuel prices .. on the right are links to
Cruiser's Nets Fuel Notes
you can check out pricing from other
Boaters and you can add a note of your
own
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click on
any of the links on the right
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Legacy Boaters Potluck
the Marina is thinning out for the Summer
but we are still having our Weekly Pot-Lucks
at our next Potluck we again plan on
our 'regular' Potluck menu
ie everyone bring something to pass etc
so mark your Calendars now our for
Thursday
June 05th 06:30 pm
(( could this be our last Potluck until Fall ?? ))
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