California Harbors and Navigation Code 775 – (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the …
(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(1) Marine sanitation devices should be regulated pursuant to uniform standards and procedures, and California vessel owners should not be subject to any local or state regulation as to the type of marine sanitation devices installed on their vessels.
Terms Used In California Harbors and Navigation Code 775
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 20
- Vessel: includes ships of all kinds, steamboats, steamships, canal boats, barges, sailing vessels, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place for the transportation of merchandise or persons. See California Harbors and Navigation Code 21
(2) The proper use of marine sanitation devices is critical to the protection of water quality throughout California, and use of marine sanitation devices is required to be in conformance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1321 et seq.).
(3) For proper utilization of retention-type marine sanitation devices installed in conformance with the federal Water Pollution Control Act and for the protection of the quality of the waters of this state, adequate vessel pumpout facilities are essential.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that every vessel with a toilet shall comply with federal standards for marine sanitation devices.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 548, Sec. 1.)