Water: Vessel Water Discharge
No Discharge Zones by State
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EPA Press Release: Feds Approve California Sewage Ban and Create Largest Coastal No-Discharge Zone in the Nation
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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No Discharge Zones by State |
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| State | Waterbody | Designation Type (CWA Section 312) |
Federal Register Notice | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | Newport Bays | (f)(3) | 41 FR 2274 (PDF) (1 pg, 39K) | 01-15-1976 |
| California | Sunset Bay | (f)(3) | 41 FR 2274 (PDF) (1 pg, 39K) |
01-15-1976 |
| California | Huntington Harbor | (f)(3) | 41 FR 2274 (PDF) (1 pg, 39K) |
01-15-1976 |
| California | Mission Bay | (f)(3) | 41 FR 34353 (PDF) (1 pg, 33K) |
08-13-1976 |
| California | Oceanside Harbor | (f)(3) | 41 FR 34353 (PDF) (1 pg, 33K) |
08-13-1976 |
| California | Dana Point Harbor | (f)(3) | 41 FR 34353 (PDF) (1 pg, 33K) |
08-13-1976 |
| California | San Diego Bay (<30 ft. deep at MLLW) |
(f)(3) | 41 FR 34353 (PDF) (1 pg, 33K) |
08-13-1976 |
| California | Channel Islands Harbor | (f)(3) | 44 FR 26963 (PDF) (2 pg, 36K) |
05-08-1979 |
| California | Avalon Bay Harbor | (f)(3) | 44 FR 26963 (PDF) (2 pg, 36K) |
05-08-1979 |
| California | Richardson Bay | (f)(3) | 52 FR 33282 (PDF) (1 pg, 45K) |
09-02-1987 |
| California | California Marine Waters | (f)(4)(A) | 71 FR 11401 | 02-27-2012 |
| Connecticut | Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett Bay, Portions of Fishers Island Sound and all of Stonington Harbor |
(f)(3) | 68 FR 50769 (PDF) (2 pg, 41K)  |
08-22-2003 |
| Connecticut | Mystic River and Pine Island | (f)(3) | 69 FR 57288 | 09-24-2004 |
| Connecticut | 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 | Branford, East Haven, New Haven, West Haven, Orange, Milford, Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Westport, Norwalk, Darien, Stamford, Greenwich, Housatonic River from Derby Dam and the Quinnipiac River from the southern border of North Haven | (f)(3) | 72FR 33222
|
06-15-2007 |
| Florida | Destin Harbor | (f)(3) | 53 FR 1678 (PDF) (1 pg, 34K) |
01-21-1988 |
| Florida | City of Key West waters | (f)(3) | 64 FR 46390 | 08-25-1999 |
| Florida | State waters within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary | (f)(4)(A) | 67 FR 35735 | 05-21-2002 |
| Maine | Casco Bay | (f)(3) | 71 FR 36527 | 06-27-2006 |
| Maine | Boothbay Harbor, ME | (f)(3) | 74 FR 12848 | 03-25-2009 |
| Maine | Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Wells, ME | (f)(3) | 74 FR 27537 | 06-10-2009 |
| Maine |
Southern Mount Desert - Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, portions of Cranberry Isles, and Tremont | (f)(3) | 74 FR 34340 | 07-15-2009 |
| Maine |
Camden, Rockport, Rockland, and portions of Owls Head | (f)(3) | 75 FR 4379 |
01-27-2010 |
| Maryland | Herring Bay | (f)(3) | 67 FR 1352 | 01-10-2002 |
| Maryland | Northern Coastal Bays | (f)(3) | 67 FR 1352 | 01-10-2002 |
| Massachusetts | Wareham Harbor | (f)(3) | 57 FR 2553 (PDF) (2 pp, 34K) |
01-22-1992 |
| Massachusetts | Nantucket Harbor | (f)(3) | 57 FR 44379 (PDF) (2 pp, 33K) |
09-25-1992 |
| Massachusetts | Westport Harbor and East & West Branches of Westport River | (f)(3) | 59 FR 45677 (PDF) (1 pg, 34K) |
09-02-1994 |
| Massachusetts | Waquoit Bay | (f)(3) | 59 FR 25052 (PDF) (1 pg, 34K) |
05-13-1994 |
| Massachusetts | WellFleet | (f)(3) | 60 FR 30539 | 06-09-1995 |
| Massachusetts | Stage Harbor Complex | (f)(3) | 62 FR 13885 | 03-24-1997 |
| Massachusetts | Harwich | (f)(3) | 63 FR 44255 | 08-18-1998 |
| Massachusetts | Buzzards Bay | (f)(3) | 65 FR 46712 | 07-31-2000 |
| Massachusetts | Three Bay/Centerville Harbor Area | (f)(3) | 66 FR 35628 | 07-06-2001 |
| Massachusetts | Plymouth Bay, Plymouth Harbor, Kingston Bay, and Duxbury Bay | (f)(3) | 71 FR 41216 | 07-20-2006 |
| Massachusetts | Scituate, Marshfield, Cohasset | (f)(3) | 73 FR 29752 | 05-22-2008 |
| Massachusetts | Salem Sound | (f)(3) | 73 FR 35684 | 06-24-2008 |
| Massachusetts | Boston Harbor | (f)(3) | 73 FR 43224 | 07-25-2008 |
| Massachusetts | Cape Cod** | (f)(3) | 73 FR 43441 | 07-24-2008 |
| Massachusetts | Swampscott, Nahant, Lynn, Saugus, and Revere | (f)(3) | 74 FR 11547 | 03-18-2009 |
| Massachusetts | Pleasant Bay/Chatham Harbor, MA |
(f)(3) | 75 FR 38516 (PDF) (2 pp, 50K) |
07-02-2010 |
| Massachusetts | Upper North Shore - Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, Ipswich, Rowley, Newbury, Newburyport, Salisbury, Amesbury, West Newbury, Merrimac, Groveland, North Andover, Haverhill, Methuen, and Lawrence | (f)(3) | 75 FR 43979 (PDF) (3 pp, 60K) |
07-27-2010 |
| Massachusetts | Outer Cape Cod (coastal waters of Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown) | (f)(3) | 76 FR 39395 (PDF) | 07-06-2011 |
| Michigan | All | (f)(3) | 41 FR 2274 (PDF) (1 pg, 32K) |
1-15-1976 |
| Minnesota | Minnesota River (part) | (f)(3) | 42 FR 33362 (PDF) (1 pg, 28K) |
06-30-1977 |
| Minnesota | Boundary Waters Canoe Area | (f)(4)A | 42 FR 43837 (PDF) (1 pg, 34K) |
08-31-1977 |
| Missouri | All (except Miss. River, Missouri River, part of Bull Shoals Lake) | (f)(3) | 40 FR 54462 (PDF) (1 pg, 33K) |
11-24-1975 |
| New Hampshire | All except tidal waters | (f)(3) | 40 FR 36797 (PDF) (1 pg, 31K) |
08-22-1975 |
| New Hampshire | All New Hampshire coastal waters as defined in the Federal Register Notice | (f)(3) | 70 FR 56465 | 07-27-2005 |
| New Jersey | Shark River | (f)(3) | 63 FR 12094 | 03-12-1998 |
| New Jersey | Manasquan River | (f)(3) | 63 FR 12094 | 03-12-1998 |
| New Jersey | Navesink River | (f)(3) | 64 FR 25504 | 05-12-1999 |
| New Jersey | Shrewsbury River | (f)(3) | 68 FR 32091 (PDF) (2 pp, 120K) |
05-22-2000 |
| New Jersey | Barnegat Bay | (f)(3) | 68 FR 35214 (PDF) (2 pp, 42K) |
06-12-2003 |
| New Mexico | All | (f)(3) | 41 FR 17599 (PDF) (1 pg, 32K) |
04-27-1976 |
| New York | Lake George | (f)(3) | 41 FR 2668 (PDF) (1 pg, 28K) |
01-19-1976 |
| New York | Lake Champlain | (f)(3) | 41 FR 24624 (PDF) (1 pg, 36K) |
06-17-1976 |
| New York | Hudson River (part) | (f)(4)(B) | 60 FR 63941 | 12-13-1995 |
| New York | Mamaroneck Harbor | (f)(3) | 62 FR 61820 | 11-19-1997 |
| New York | East Hampton (7 water bodies) | (f)(3) | 64 FR 7194 | 02-12-1999 |
| New York | Greater Huntington-North Port Bay Complex | (f)(3) | 65 FR 37385 | 06-14-2000 |
| New York | Port Jefferson Harbor Complex | (f)(3) | 66 FR 51954 | 10-11-2001 |
| New York | Peconic Estuary | (f)(3) | 67 FR 39720 | 06-10-2002 |
| New York | Parts of Hudson River | (f)(3) | 68 FR 58345 (PDF) (2 pp, 69K) |
10-09-2003 |
| New York | Hempstead Harbor | (f)(3) | 73 FR 66041 (PDF) (2 pp, 68K) |
11-06-2008 |
| New York | South Shore Estuary Reserve (SSER) |
(f)(3) | 74 FR 59177 (PDF) (8 pp, 70K) |
11-19-2009 |
| New York | New York State Canal System |
(f)(3) | 74 FR 29757 (PDF) (3 pp, 55K) |
05-27-2010 |
| New York | Long Island Sound | (f)(3) | 76 FR 55668 (PDF) | 09-08-2011 |
| New York | Jamaica Bay | (f)(3) | 76 FR 66927 (PDF) | 10-28-2011 |
| New York | Lake Ontario | (f)(3) | 76 FR 78253 | 12-16-2011 |
| North Carolina | New Hanover County | (f)(3) | 75 FR 7590 | 02-22-2010 |
| North Carolina | Brunswick and Pender Counties and the Saline Waters of the Cape Fear River in Brunswick and New Hanover Counties | (f)(3) | 75 FR 35024 (PDF) (2 pp, 52K) |
06-21-2010 |
| Rhode Island | Great Salt Pond, Block Island | (f)(3) | 58 FR 31202 (PDF) (1 pg, 37K) |
06-01-1993 |
| Rhode Island | All within 3 mile territorial limit. | (f)(3) | 63 FR 42633 | 08-10-1998 |
| Texas | 24 Freshwater bodies | (f)(3) | 42 FR 59776 (PDF) (3 pp, 37K) |
11-21-1977 |
| Texas | Clear Lake | (f)(3) | 02-06-1995 | |
| Vermont | All (including parts of Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog) | (f)(3) | 40 FR 42240 (PDF) (1 pg, 32K) |
09-11-1975 |
| Virginia | Smith Mountain Lake | (f)(3) | 65 FR 61166 | 10-16-2000 |
| Virginia | Lynnhaven River | (f)(3) | 72 FR 7875 | 02-21-2007 |
| Virginia | Broad Creek, Jackson Creek and Fishing Bay |
(f)(3) | 74 FR 4207(PDF) (4 pp, 61K) |
08-20-2009 |
| Wisconsin | All (except Lake Superior, Mississippi River, part St. Croix River) | (f)(3) | 41 FR 11875 (PDF) (1 pg, 32K) |
03-22-1976 |
States with Shared No Discharge Zones Designations for a Specific Waterbody |
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| State | Waterbody | Designation Type (CWA Section 312) |
Federal Register Notice | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California / Nevada | Lake Tahoe – portions in CA and NV |
(f)(3) | 42 FR 59105 (PDF) (1pg, 35K) |
11-15-1977 |
| Kentucky / Tennessee | Dale Hollow Lake – portions in KY and TN |
(f)(3) | 71 FR 58393 | 10-03-2006 |
| Minnesota / Wisconsin | Saint Croix River – portions in MN and WI |
(f)(3) | 61 FR 30868 | 06-18-1996 |
| South Carolina / North Carolina / Georgia | Broad Creek, Lake Keowee, Lake Murray, Lake Thurmond, and Lake Wylie – portions in SC, NC, and GA. |
(f)(3) | 64 FR 10465 | 03-04-1999 |
| South Carolina / Georgia | Lake Hartwell – portions in SC and GA |
(f)(3) | 60 FR 25215 | 05-11-1995 |
| Utah / Arizona | Lake Powell – portions in UT and AZ |
(f)(3) | 65 FR 56577 | 09-19-2000 |