CHAPTER 650

S.P. 378 - L.D. 1158

An Act To Protect Maine's Coastal Water

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §417, sub-§3, as affected by PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 and enacted by Pt. B, §34, is amended to read:

3. Refuse. Any scrap metal, junk, paper, garbage, septic tank septage, sludge, rubbish, old automobiles or similar refuse.

Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §423-D is enacted to read:

§423-D.__Graywater and blackwater discharges from commercial

passenger vessels

1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

A.__"Blackwater" means human bodily wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain human bodily wastes.

i.B.__"Coastal waters" means those portions of the Atlantic Ocean within the jurisdiction of the State and all other waters of the State subject to the rise and fall of the tide.

C.__"Commercial passenger vessel" means a large or small commercial passenger vessel.