LD 1158
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% of the samples exceed 40 fecal coliform per 100
milliliters;

 
(3)__Concentrations of total residual chlorine do not
exceed 10 milligrams per liter; and

 
(4)__Prior to any such discharge occurring, the owner
or operator of a commercial passenger vessel can
demonstrate test results from at least 5 samples
taken from the vessel representative of the effluent
to be discharged, on different days over a 30-day
period, conducted in accordance with the guidelines
promulgated in 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part
136, which confirm that the water quality of the
effluents proposed for discharge is in compliance
with subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3).__The owner or
operator of a commercial passenger vessel shall
demonstrate continued compliance with this paragraph
through periodic sampling.__The records of such
sampling and test results must be made available for
inspection by the department.

 
7.__Sewage discharge from small vessels.__Except as provided
in subsection 8, a person may not discharge sewage from a
small commercial passenger vessel unless the sewage has been
processed through a properly operated and properly maintained
marine sanitation device.

 
8.__Safety purpose.__The provisions of subsections 1 to 7 do
not apply to discharges made for the purpose of securing the
safety of the commercial passenger vessel or saving life at
sea if all reasonable precautions have been taken for the
purpose of preventing or minimizing the discharge.

 
§336.__Information-gathering requirements

 
1.__Dates; times; locations; volumes or flow rates.__Except
as provided under section 334, subsections 3 and 4, the owner
or operator of a commercial passenger vessel shall maintain
records and, upon request of the department, provide to the
department a report, with copies of the records related to the
period of operation in the coastal waters of the State,
detailing the dates, times and locations and the volumes or
flow-rates of any discharge of sewage, gray water or other
wastewater into the coastal waters of the State.

 
2.__Routine samples.__Except as provided under section 334,
subsections 3 and 4, while a commercial passenger vessel is
present in the coastal waters of the State, the owner or
operator of the vessel shall collect routine samples of the
vessel's treated sewage, gray water and other wastewater being
discharged


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