Cruise ships banned from releasing sewage along coast
Cruise ships banned from releasing sewage along coast
Los Angeles Times
February 9, 2012 | 3:03 pm
Cruise ships and large commercial vessels will be barred from releasing sewage within three miles of the California coast under a rule signed Thursday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The restrictions establish the nation's largest ban on sewage discharge and will keep an estimated 22 million gallons out of state coastal waters each year, officials said.
The federal ban, which was granted initial approval last year, designates a "no discharge zone" for ships that weigh more than 300 tons, including the dozens of cruise ships and thousands of commercial vessels that make stops in California each year.
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