GL: Head configuration required on Lake Champlain. preclude MSDs?

[Al Thomason]

And another thing, in reading the clip below.  It says 'Every marine toilet 
.. shall .. be equipped with a holding tank'.  Does this mean that one can 
in no way install a type I or II MDS (ala EltraSan) on a boat in Vermont? 
(unless it also has a holding tank?)

-al-


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Brownell" <peter@peterbrownell.com>
To: <great-loop@lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 12:12 PM
Subject: GL: Head configuration required on Lake Champlain


> Just one added note, on Lake Champlain, in both Vermont and New York,
> you are actually required to disconnect and store any line that would
> allow you to pump overboard from your holding tank.  This is the
> applicable section of the Vermont Statute.  New York statute is almost
> exactly the same:
>
>  (e) Every marine toilet on board any vessel operated on the waters of
>  the state shall also incorporate or be equipped with a holding tank.
>  Any holding tank designed so as to provide for an optional means of
>  discharge to the waters on which the vessel is operating shall have
>  the discharge openings sealed shut and any discharge lines, pipes, or
>  hoses shall be disconnected and stored while the vessel is in the
>  waters of this state.
>
> The law enforcement folks are pretty serious about this one.  It is a
> hassle but we generally end up disconnecting the discharge line from the
> holding tank somewhere on the Hudson before we enter the Troy Lock
> traveling north. Hope this doesn't discourage anyone from coming up here.
> Lake Champlain is one of the highlights of the Great Loop trip.
> Best Peter & Linda :-)
> -------------------------
> Peter Brownell, MV Destiny
> Lake Champlain, VT
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