3 Coastal Massachusetts Towns – Cohasset, Marshfield and Scituate – Gain "No Discharge" Designation to Stem Boat Pollution

17.06.08 - 18:18 ... source : Environmental Protection Agency - EPA

... Release date: 06/03/2008 Contact Information: David Deegan, (617) 918-1017 (Boston, Mass. – June 3, 2008) – EPA is has approved a request to designate the harbors of Scituate, Marshfield and Cohasset, as well as surrounding coastal waters, as a "No Discharge" area. This status means that discharges of treated and untreated boat sewage are prohibited within these Massachusetts state waters. In April, the Mass. Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) petitioned EPA to approve the No Discharge designation. Following consideration of the request, and a 30-day public review and comment period, EPA approved the request to protect these coastal waters from boat sewage. This is an important milestone in EPA's plan to designate the entire New England coastline. We applaud Scituate, Marshfield and Cohasset for taking this important step to protect their coasta ...» Next (HTML)