If the No Discharge Zone is adopted, can a vessel discharge wastewater in federal waters?
Yes, the proposed rule is only for waters of the State in the FKNMS. However, many important biological resources are found in federal waters of the FKNMS. For that reason, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is currently pursuing the designation of federal waters in the FKNMS as a NDZ. If federal waters were to maintain their current status, vessels could leave waters of the State and dump wastewater directly on one of the biological resources that we trying to protect and restore in the FKNMS.
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