Good News for Boaters

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No New Boating Permits required.

CONGRESS RESTORES 35-YEAR EXEMPTION FOR RECREATIONAL BOATS

FROM PROPOSED EPA PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS

NO NEW PERMIT FOR BOATS REQUIRED

ALEXANDRIA, VA, July 22, 2008 - In a remarkable display of bipartisan support for recreational boating, both the House and Senate today passed S. 2766, "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.

BoatU.S. Government Affairs Director Margaret Podlich was quick to shower praise on a boatload of legislators who did much of the heavy lifting including Sens. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representatives Jim Oberstar (D-MN), Steve LaTourette (R-OH), Candice Miller (R-MI) and Gene Taylor (D-MS). A complete listing of all legislators involved will be available at http://www.BoatUS.com/gov soon.

BoatU.S. has worked for more than a year with the National Marine Manufacturers Association and a broad coalition of stakeholders to resolve the problem before the permitting deadline.

"One of the real keys to success here was our collective ability to activate the grassroots," said Podlich, noting that tens of thousands of letters and e-mails were generated by boaters and anglers over the course of the past 12 months.

BoatU.S. is the nation's leading advocate for recreational boat owners with over 650,000 members.

[big easy]

That IS! good news,and it's nice to see that barbara boxer actually did something right for once.

Wait till the lefties and earth nuts get in power,you won't be able to run your boat.

They don't want fossil fuel,no oil, no coal, they definitely don't want nuclear,and forget drilling anywhere on earth,because it might hurt the toenails on a three toed sloth.

They want wind power,and solar power,but not where they live,because it might obscure their precious view from Marthas vineyard and Nantucket.

Better get a pair of underwear with a catalytic converter in them,because any methane you expel must be minimized,so you don't contribute to global warming.

Your new boat should be a hardtop,because you'll need it to mount the solar panels,and wind turbine on,so that you can still use it. Given enough power,these nuts would outlaw all fossil fuels.

After all,their chief nut,Al Gore wants all power plants in ten years to stop using fossil fuel,except him of course,he'll still be flying on a plane and chauffered around in his Escalade.

What does this idiot think power plants will use to generate electricity with?,Ten years is a blink of an eye,and no where near long enough to completely replace fossil fuels.

A giant cork stuffed in this blowhards mouth would be of more help.

Hey, i got an idea,maybe all these nuts could have a mass suicide of themselves,it would result in a lot less hot air being expelled.,lowering the risk of global warming,and it would give the polar bears a fighting chance,because after all,they place animal and human life on par with each other.

C'mon you know that you're no better than a spotted salamander.

[ray koziatek]

I know were not supposed to talk politics on this site per regestration rules ,but im gonna take a guess your not voting dem, Good news on the permit act ......YEA..................ok bob now you can delete this

[big easy]

My apologies if we're not suppose to talk politics.Please delete my post if you need too.

[ray koziatek]

a little bashing now and then cant hurt seeing 99.9% feel the same way,now you run outside and hug a tree ,and tell the global warming gods your sorry.

[skipper19]

Ray is just upset because he is already doing his part to reduce gobal warming by casting a shadow (round not tall)... on the earth and not wearing a hat so the suns rays will bounce up to space....Ive heard he wears tin foil cap while trolling to keep the water temps down and blind the biting flies8)