§ 77-129. (Effective July 1, 2010) No discharge of treated or untreated sewage in coastal waters; duty of marina owner or operator to report unlawful discharge.
§ 77‑129. (EffectiveJuly 1, 2010) No discharge of treated or untreated sewage in coastal waters;duty of marina owner or operator to report unlawful discharge.
(a) No person shalldischarge treated or untreated sewage into coastal waters, including effluentproduced or held by any type of marine sanitation device into coastal waters.The owner or operator of a vessel with a marine sanitation device shall keepthe overboard waste discharge valves of the device secure by acceptable methodsset forth under 33 C.F.R. § 159.7(b) so as to prevent the discharge of treatedor untreated sewage, except when lawfully discharging sewage at a pumpoutfacility. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanorand also may be assessed a civil penalty pursuant to G.S. 77‑130.
(b) If the owner oroperator of a large vessel marina knows that the owner or operator of anyvessel docked or moored at the marina knowingly and unlawfully dischargedsewage, including effluent produced or held by a marine sanitation device, incoastal waters in violation of this section, then the marina owner or operatorshall report the unlawful discharge to the appropriate law enforcement agency.A marina owner or operator who fails to report an unlawful discharge pursuantto this subsection may be assessed a civil penalty pursuant to G.S. 77‑130. (2009‑345,s. 1.)