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No Discharge Zones in Region 9 - California

Map of No-Discharge Zones in California

"No Discharge Zones" (NDZs) are designated bodies of water where the discharge of treated and untreated sewage from vessels is prohibited. Federal Law prohibits the discharge of untreated sewage from vessels within all navigable waters of the U.S., which include territorial seas within three nautical miles of shore. Below is an overview map of NDZs in California.

More Detailed Maps of the Individual NDZs:

Source
Nautical Charts from nauticalcharts.noaa.gov. No Discharge Zones created by EPA Region 9 GIS Center

More Information About NDZs
Region 9 Information
Allan Ota (ota.allan@epa.gov)
US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3476

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