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S 2067 IS

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to recreational vessels.

September 18, 2007

Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself, Mr. BURR, Mr. LOTT, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. BUNNING, and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to recreational vessels.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Recreational Boating Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

(a) Pollutant- Section 502(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362(6)) is amended--

(1) by striking `(6) The term `pollutant' and inserting the following:

`(6) POLLUTANT-

`(A) IN GENERAL- The term `pollutant'; and

(2) in the second sentence--

(A) by striking `This term does not mean' and inserting the following:

`(B) EXCEPTIONS-

`(i) IN GENERAL- Subject to clause (ii), the term `pollutant' does not mean';

(B) by striking `(A) sewage' and inserting the following:

`(I) sewage';

(C) by striking `or (B) water' and inserting the following:

`(II) water';

(D) by striking the period at the end and inserting `; or'; and

(E) by adding at the end the following:

`(II) any deck runoff from a recreational vessel, any engine cooling water, gray water, bilge water effluent from properly functioning recreational marine engine, laundry, shower, and galley sink waste from a recreational vessel, or any other discharge incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel.

`(ii) EXCEPTION- Clause (i)(III) does not apply to rubbish, trash, garbage, or any other similar material discharged overboard by a recreational vessel.'.

(b) Recreational Vessel- Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(25) RECREATIONAL VESSEL- The term `recreational vessel' means a vessel that is--

`(A) manufactured for operation, or operated, primarily for recreational purposes; or

`(B) leased, rented, or chartered to an individual for recreational purposes.'.

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