[Rhodes22-list] It Passed

[Michael D. Weisner]

Hopefully, King George will ink it promptly.  Did you notice how the EPA 
hadn't even prepared the documents and forms that would have been required 
by September?  They had no intention of making recreational boaters buy 
permits.  I am trying to figure out who benefitted from all of this nonsense 
... somebody must have had a reason for all this.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "elle" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com>Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:28 PM
> FINALLY -- COMMON SENSE PREVAILS
> In a remarkable display of bipartisan support for recreational boating,
> both the United States House and Senate passed S. 2766 on Tuesday, "The
> Clean Boating Act of 2008", which will permanently restore a
> long-standing exemption for recreational boats from permitting
> requirements under the Clean Water Act. The legislation now goes to the
> White House for the President's signature.
>
> Congressional action was spawned by a U.S. District Court decision in
> September 2006 under which an estimated 17 million recreational boats
> would have fallen under Clean Water Act permit requirements effective
> September 30, 2008. The permit would have dictated maintenance and
> operation procedures and potentially subjected boaters to citizen
> lawsuits as well as a penalty system designed for industrial polluters.
>
> "This is a fabulous victory for common sense and it just goes to show
> what can be done when the boating public, the marine industry and its
> representatives in Congress row together in a bipartisan way," said
> BoatU.S. President Nancy Michelman.
>
>
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
>
>
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