Commercial passenger vessels -- definitions

The following definitions appear in Chapter 650, An Act to Protect Maine's Coastal Waters.

"Blackwater" means human bodily wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain human bodily wastes.

"Coastal waters" means those portions of the Atlantic Ocean within the jurisdiction of the State and all other waters of the State subject to the rise and fall of the tide.

"Commercial passenger vessel" means a large or small commercial passenger vessel.

"Graywater" means galley, dishwasher, bath and laundry wastewater. "Graywater" does not include other wastes or waste streams.

"Large commercial passenger vessel" means a commercial passenger vessel that provides overnight accommodations for 250 or more passengers for hire, determined with reference to the number of lower berths.

"No-discharge zone" means an area within coastal waters that has been designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to 33 United States Code, Section 1322, to be an area in which discharge of blackwater is prohibited.

"Small commercial passenger vessel" means a commercial passenger vessel that provides overnight accommodations for fewer than 250 passengers for hire, determined with reference to the number of lower berths.

Large Commercial Passenger Vessels

Commercial passenger vessels -- definitions