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Seventeen New Senators Support Clean Boating Act 2008
The Threat: The Environmental Protection Agency is now writing a regulation requiring every recreational boater in
the US to obtain a federal or state permit to discharge ANY water from their boat, including deck run-off from rain, bilge water, engine cooling water and any other water-based operational discharge.
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.
Update: Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) introduced S. 2766, the Clean Boating Act
of 2008 which would fully and permanently restore a 35-year permit exemption for recreational boat water discharges and still protect the health of the nation's waterways.
The following senators have now signed on as co-sponsors of the Clean Boating Act:
David Vitter (R-La.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Thad
Cochran (R-Miss.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Larry Craig (R-Idaho), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), George Voinovich (R-Ohio), Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Debbie Stabenow
(D-Mich.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.)
What can you do? If you do not see your senators name in the list above, please contact them and tell them to co-sponsor
S. 2766. AMI the Clean Boating Act of 2008. You can quickly and easily send a letter to your Senators by visiting
www.boatblue.org. Once, there, simply type in your zip code and click send. This
is the most significant threat facing the boating industry today, and we need your help to solve it. |
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Important Notice - A Triploid Grass Carp Permit is in effect on Lake Conroe.
If a grass carp is caught, it must be immediately
returned to the water unharmed. With the decrease in the amount of grass in many areas
around the lake, fishermen fishing for catfish using nightcrawlers and stink bait after chuming with range cubes are catching ‘grass carp’!
These fish must be returned immediately to the lake unharmed.
See Texas Parks & Wildlife Fishing Regulations
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