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No-Discharge Zones for Vessel Sewage

These tables list States where the current no-discharge zones (NDZs) for vessel sewage are located. The tables also include the names of the waterbodies, the type of designation and a link to the Federal Register Notice describing the action. NDZ designation types include:

  • 312(f)(3) protecting aquatic habitats where pumpout facilities are available;
  • 312(f)(4)(A) protecting special aquatic habitats or species; and
  • 312(f)(4)(B) protecting drinking water intake zones to protect human health..

In some cases, more than one State shares a waterbody and NDZ designation. These cases are listed by each State with the other State(s) also listed with it.

No Discharge Zones by State | No Discharge Zones Shared by More than One State

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State Listing
California Maryland New Hampshire South Carolina/
Georgia
California/
Nevada		 Massachusetts New Jersey Texas
Connecticut Michigan New Mexico Utah/Arizona
Florida Minnesota New York Vermont
Kentucky/Tennessee Minnesota/Wisconsin Rhode Island Virginia
Maine Missouri South Carolina/
North Carolina/
Georgia		 Wisconsin


No-Discharge Zones by State

State Waterbody Designation
Type (CWA
Section 312)		 Federal Register Notice Date
California
exit EPA 		Mission Bay (f)(3) 41_FR_34353
(PDF, 33KB, 1 page)		 8-13-1976
California
exit EPA 		Oceanside Harbor (f)(3) 41 FR 34353
(PDF, 33KB, 1 page)		 8-13-1976
California
exit EPA 		Dana Point Harbor (f)(3) 41 FR 34353
(PDF, 33KB, 1 page)		 8-13-1976
California
exit EPA 		San Diego Bay
(<30 ft. deep at MLLW)		 (f)(3) 41 FR 34353
(PDF, 33KB, 1 page)		 8-13-1976
California
exit EPA 		Channel Islands Harbor (f)(3) 44 FR 26963
(PDF, 36KB, 2 pages)		 5-8-1979
California
exit EPA 		Avalon Bay Harbor (f)(3) 44 FR 26963
(PDF, 36KB, 2 pages)		 5-8-1979
California
exit EPA 		Newport Bays (f)(3) 41 FR 2274
(PDF, 39KB, 1 page)		 1-15-1976
California
exit EPA 		Sunset Bay (f)(3) 41 FR 2274
(PDF, 39KB, 1 page)		 1-15-1976
California
exit EPA 		Richardson Bay (f)(3) 52 FR 33282
(PDF, 45KB, 1 page)		 9-2-1987
California
exit EPA 		Huntington Harbor (f)(3) 41 FR 2274
(PDF, 39KB, 1 page)		 1-15-1976
Connecticut
exit EPA 		Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett Bay,
Portions of Fishers Island Sound and
all of Stonington Harbor 		(f)(3) 68 FR 50769
(PDF, 41KB, 2 pages)		 8-22-2003
Connecticut
exit EPA 		Mystic River and Pine Island (f)(3) 69 FR 57288 09-24-2004
Connecticut
exit EPA 		Eastern Point in Groton to Hoadley Point in Guilford,
the Connecticut River, and navigable reaches for the
Hammonasset, Menunketesuck, Niantic, and Thames Rivers.		 (f)(3) 71 FR 27721 05-12-2006
Connecticut
exit EPA 		Branford, East Haven, New Haven,  West Haven, Orange, Milford, Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Westport, Norwalk, Darien, SDtamford, Greenwich, Housatonic River from Derby Dam and the Quinnipiac River from the southern border of North Haven (f3) 72FR 33222

 

 06-15-2007
Florida
exit EPA 		Destin Harbor (f)(3) 53 FR 1678
(PDF, 34KB, 1 page)		 1-21-1988
Florida
exit EPA 		City of Key West waters (f)(3) 64 FR 46390 8-25-1999
Florida
exit EPA 		State waters within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (f)(4)(A) 67 FR 35735 05-21-2002
Maine
exit EPA 		Casco Bay (f)(3) 71 FR 36527 06-27-2006
Maryland
exit EPA 		Herring Bay (f)(3) 67 FR 1352 01-10-2002
Maryland
exit EPA 		Northern Coastal Bays (f)(3) 67 FR 1352 01-10-2002
Massachusetts
exit EPA 		Westport Harbor and East & West Branches of Westport River (f)(3) 59 FR 45677
(PDF, 34KB, 1 page)		 9-2-1994
Massachusetts
exit EPA 		WellFleet (f)(3) 60 FR 30539 6-9-1995
Massachusetts
exit EPA 		Waquoit Bay (f)(3) 59 FR 25052
(PDF, 34KB, 1 page)		 5-13-1994
Massachusetts
exit EPA 		Nantucket Harbor (f)(3) 57 FR 44379
(PDF, 33KB, 2 pages)		 9-25-1992
Massachusetts
exit EPA 		Wareham Harbor (f)(3) 57 FR 2553
(PDF, 34KB, 2 pages)		 1-22-1992
Massachusetts
exit EPA 		Stage Harbor Complex (f)(3) 62 FR 13885 3-24-1997
Massachusetts
exit EPA 		Harwich (f)(3) 63 FR 44255 8-18-1998
Massachusetts
exit EPA 		Buzzards Bay (f)(3) 65 FR 46712 7-31-2000
Massachusetts
exit EPA 		Three Bay/Centerville Harbor Area (f)(3) 66 FR 35628 07-06-2001
Massachusetts
exit EPA 		Plymouth Bay, Plymouth Harbor, Kingston Bay, and Duxbury Bay (f)(3) 71 FR 41216 07-20-2006
Michigan
exit EPA 		All (f)(3) 41 FR 2274
(PDF, 32KB, 1 page)		 1-15-1976
Minnesota
exit EPA 		Boundary Waters Canoe Area (f)(4)A 42 FR 43837
(PDF, 34KB, 1 page)		 8-31-1977
Minnesota
exit EPA 		Minnesota River (part) (f)(3) 42 FR 33362
(PDF, 28KB, 1 page)		 6-30-1977
Missouri
exit EPA 		All (except Miss. River, Missouri River, part of Bull Shoals Lake) (f)(3) 40 FR 54462
(PDF, 33KB, 1 page)		 11-24-1975
New Hampshire
exit EPA 		All except tidal waters (f)(3) 40 FR 36797
(PDF, 31KB, 1 page)		 8-22-1975
New Hampshire
exit EPA 		All New Hampshire coastal waters as defined in the Federal Register Notice (f)(3) 70 FR 56465 7-27-2005
New Jersey
exit EPA 		Barnegat Bay (f)(3) 68 FR 35214
(PDF, 42KB, 2 pages)		 6-12-2003
New Jersey
exit EPA 		Shark River (f)(3) 63 FR 12094 3-12-1998
New Jersey
exit EPA 		Manasquan River (f)(3) 63 FR 12094 3-12-1998
New Jersey
exit EPA 		Shrewsbury River (f)(3) 65 FR 32091 5-22-2000
New Jersey
exit EPA 		Navesink River (f)(3) 64 FR 25504 5-12-1999
New Mexico
exit EPA 		All (f)(3) 41 FR 17599
(PDF, 32KB, 1 page)		 4-27-1976
New York
exit EPA 		Lake Champlain (f)(3) 41 FR 24624
(PDF, 36KB, 1 page)		 6-17-1976
New York
exit EPA 		Mamaroneck Harbor (f)(3) 62 FR 61820 11-19-1997
New York
exit EPA 		Lake George (f)(3) 41 FR 2668
(PDF, 28KB, 1 page)		 1-19-1976
New York
exit EPA 		Parts of Hudson River (f)(3) 68 FR 58345
(PDF, 69KB, 2 pages)		 10-9-2003
New York
exit EPA 		Hudson River (part) (f)(4)(B) 60 FR 63941 12-13-1995
New York
exit EPA 		East Hampton (7 water bodies) (f)(3) 64 FR 7194 2-12-1999
New York
exit EPA 		Greater Huntington-North Port Bay Complex (f)(3) 65 FR 37385 6-14-2000
New York
exit EPA 		Port Jefferson Harbor Complex (f)(3) 66 FR 51954 10-11-2001
New York
exit EPA 		Peconic Estuary (f)(3) 67 FR 39720 06-10-2002
Rhode Island
exit EPA 		Great Salt Pond, Block Island (f)(3) 58 FR 31202
(PDF, 37KB, 1 page)		 6-1-1993
Rhode Island
exit EPA 		All within 3 mile territorial limit. (f)(3) 63 FR 42633 8-10-1998
Texas
exit EPA 		24 Freshwater bodies (f)(3) 42 FR 59776
(PDF, 37KB, 3 pages)		 11-21-1977
Vermont
exit EPA 		All (including parts of Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog) (f)(3) 40 FR 42240
(PDF, 32KB, 1 page)		 9-11-1975
Virginia
exit EPA 		Lynnhaven River (f)(3) 72 FR 7875 2-21-2007
Virginia
exit EPA 		Smith Mountain Lake (f)(3) 65 FR 61166 10-16-2000
Wisconsin
exit EPA 		All (except Lake Superior, Mississippi River, part St. Croix River) (f)(3) 41 FR 11875
(PDF, 32KB, 1 page)		 3-22-1976

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States with Shared No-Discharge Zones Designations for a Specific Waterabody

State Waterbody Designation
Type (CWA
Section 312)		 Federal Register Notice Date
California / Nevada
exit EPA 		Each have shorelines on Lake Tahoe. (f)(3) 42_FR_59105
(PDF, 35KB, 1 page)		 11-15-1977
Kentucky / Tennessee
exit EPA 		Share shoreline on Dale Hollow Lake. (f)(3) 71 FR 58393 10-03-2006
Minnesota / Wisconsin
exit EPA 		Share shoreline along the Saint Croix River.

 (f)(3)

DENIAL 		61 FR 30868

42 FR 37844
(PDF, 44KB, 3 pages)		 6-18-1996

7-25-1977
South Carolina / North Carolina / Georgia
exit EPA 		Share shoreline on Broad Creek, Lake Keowee, Lake Murray, Lake Thurmond, and Lake Wylie. (f)(3) 64 FR 10465 3-4-1999
South Carolina / Georgia
exit EPA 		Share shoreline on Lake Hartwell. (f)(3) 60 FR 25215 5-11-1995
Utah / Arizona
exit EPA 		Share shoreline on Lake Powell (f)(3) 65 FR 56577 9-19-2000

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Features

•"No-Discharge Areas" in New England Waters

•How Does the Designation Process Work?

•Marine Sanitation Devices

•Frequently Asked Questions

•No-Discharge Zones for Vessel Sewage

•Partners/Links

•No-Discharge Zones: How They Work

•Protecting Our Waterways

•Using Your Head to Help Protect Our Aquatic Resources



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