Cal. HNC § 775.5
This is the official text of Cal. HNC § 775.5, part of California’s Harbors and Navigation Code — regulates ports, harbors, and boating.
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Official statutory text
The definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter:
(a) “Vessel terminal” means any private or public shoreside installation on any waters of this state which provides mooring, docking, berthing, and other facilities for the use of vessels.
(b) “Marine sanitation device” means any equipment on board a vessel which is designed to receive, retain, treat, or discharge sewage and any process to treat the sewage.
(c) “Promulgation date” means the date upon which the initial standards and regulations for marine sanitation devices are promulgated by an appropriate federal agency in accordance with Section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1322).
(d) “Sewage” means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body waste.
(e) “Vessel” means every watercraft or other contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the waters of the state, excepting foreign and domestic vessels engaged in interstate or foreign commerce upon the waters of the state.
(f) “State board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(g) “Regional board” means a California regional water quality control board.
(h) “Waters of this state” shall mean all waters of the state except waters beyond three nautical miles of any shore of the state.
(i) “Department” means the Department of Boating and Waterways.
(j) “No-discharge area” means a body of water designated as a no-discharge area under subsection (f) of Section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1322 (f)).
(k) “Discharge” means spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping.
(l) “Secured” means, for a marine sanitation device not approved for use in a no-discharge area, mechanically controlling valves or facilities in an identifiable manner to prevent any overboard discharge of sewage.
(a) “Vessel terminal” means any private or public shoreside installation on any waters of this state which provides mooring, docking, berthing, and other facilities for the use of vessels.
(b) “Marine sanitation device” means any equipment on board a vessel which is designed to receive, retain, treat, or discharge sewage and any process to treat the sewage.
(c) “Promulgation date” means the date upon which the initial standards and regulations for marine sanitation devices are promulgated by an appropriate federal agency in accordance with Section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1322).
(d) “Sewage” means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body waste.
(e) “Vessel” means every watercraft or other contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the waters of the state, excepting foreign and domestic vessels engaged in interstate or foreign commerce upon the waters of the state.
(f) “State board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(g) “Regional board” means a California regional water quality control board.
(h) “Waters of this state” shall mean all waters of the state except waters beyond three nautical miles of any shore of the state.
(i) “Department” means the Department of Boating and Waterways.
(j) “No-discharge area” means a body of water designated as a no-discharge area under subsection (f) of Section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1322 (f)).
(k) “Discharge” means spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping.
(l) “Secured” means, for a marine sanitation device not approved for use in a no-discharge area, mechanically controlling valves or facilities in an identifiable manner to prevent any overboard discharge of sewage.
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