GL: NY and Vermont Lake Champlain holding tank regs for discharge

[Ralph Yost (home)]

The reply below was posted on this Great Loop email list by Kevin Redden Feb 
2008. It is worth repeating, and I suggest that every future Looper retain 
it for reference.
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You do not have to remove the Y-valve, as long as you remove A hose in the
path going to the through hull. The intent on the law is to make sure
something in the path is removed so you can't discharge just by unlocking a
valve. What you remove is up to you. It can be the Y valve, it can be a
hose.

The actual wording of the regulation in both NY and Vermont is:

    "Any holding tank designed so as to provide for an optional means
     of discharge to the waters on which the craft is operating shall
     have the discharge openings sealed shut and any discharge lines,
     pipes or hoses shall be removed or disconnected and stored while
     operating on the waters of said lake, its tributaries or outlets."

Kevin
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