[Povertybay] BoatUS Alert: Contact Congress Now!

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VERY IMPORTANT!!!

 All boaters need to get behind both the house and senate bills if we want
to continue to enjoy boating. If these bills do not pass by September 30,
2008 we will be bound by the same rules and regulations as commercial boats
(supertankers, cruise ships and freighters). No discharge of any fluids
including deck run off water, water from your sinks or exhaust water from
engines. Help save our recreational boating. I personaly do not want to have
to be inspected yearly (fees involved) or have to install gray water tanks
and figure out how to cool my engins so that there will be no exhaust water.

 

Don Hale

 


November 28, 2007


Dear BoatUS Member, 

Your voice counts! And we need it to make sure the Recreational Boating Act
of 2007 is passed quickly. Without this federal legislation you will need to
apply and pay for a discharge permit to legally operate each of your boats,
starting September 30, 2008.

Please take a few minutes and contact your one Representative and two
Senators, even if you have already done so. We need them to support and
co-sponsor "The Recreational Boating Act of 2007" (House Bill #2550 and
Senate Bill #2067). 

BoatUS has been working with other boating groups to pass this legislation
which will eliminate (for recreational boats only) the new court-imposed EPA
permit. We know that boating depends on clean water and healthy natural
resources. However, a boat permit will not create a tangible environmental
benefit, and it will be another inconvenience and tax for you. 

It is important to note that all current environmental restrictions on the
overboard discharge of oil, fuel, garbage, and sewage still stand, and will
not be altered by this legislation. 

Help boating by contacting your Representative and Senators: 

*	Ask that they co-sponsor and support House Bill #2550 and Senate
Bill #2067 which reinstate the common sense discharge permit exemption for
recreational boats. 
*	Help them understand the looming permit deadline of 9/30/08. 
*	If one of your Members of Congress is co-sponsoring the bill, please
say thanks! 

Click
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2577&l=268&ctl=11294:F953A0F4CE34F7603E0BE95
2FB71C7A6>  here to see co-sponsors for the House Bill 

The 10 co-sponsors on the Senate Bill are: Martinez (FL), Bunning (KY),
Chambliss (GA), Dole and Burr (NC), Isakson (GA), Sessions (AL), Cornyn and
Hutchison (TX), and Lott (MS). 


Click
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2577&l=268&ctl=11298:F953A0F4CE34F7603E0BE95
2FB71C7A6>  here to email your Representative Use your 9 digit zip code:
98198-9158 

Click
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2577&l=268&ctl=11293:F953A0F4CE34F7603E0BE95
2FB71C7A6>  here to email or call your Senators 

Click
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2577&l=268&ctl=11295:F953A0F4CE34F7603E0BE95
2FB71C7A6>  here to read the House bill text 

Click
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2577&l=268&ctl=11296:F953A0F4CE34F7603E0BE95
2FB71C7A6>  here to read the Senate bill text 

For background information: 

www.boatus.com/gov/fed_alert.asp
<http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2577&l=268&ctl=11297:F953A0F4CE34F7603E0BE95
2FB71C7A6>  

Click
<http://smtpbulk.boatus.net/bin/ftaf?id=F953A0F4CE34F7603E0BE952FB71C7A6>
Here to pass this email on to boating and fishing friends, clubs, and
marinas. 


Thanks for adding your voice to this critical boating issue. 

Margaret Podlich
Vice President, Government Affairs
BoatUS 
GovtAffairs at BoatUS.com 
703-461-2878 x8363 

P.S. We know that we are asking you to take several steps to email your
Members of Congress, and we hope that you'll persevere through it. Santa has
promised us new grassroots software that will make articulating and
contacting your Representatives and Senators easier in the New Year! 

***** 

 C 2007 Boat Owners Association of The United States
880 S. Pickett St.
Alexandria, VA 22304

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