No Discharge Areas (NDAs)

(also known as "no discharge zones" or "NDZs")

Introduction

A process for identifying areas and meeting application requirements associated with requesting the approval of No Discharge Areas (NDAs) from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in PL 1999, ch. 655, An Act to Rid Maine's Waters of Ocean Vessel Sewage.

This process is described in "Pumpout Report and Proposed No Discharge Areas", a legislative report submitted January 15, 2004 (contains maps and takes awhile to load).

Contact

• Pam Parker 207-287-7905

Casco Bay NDA

The NDA for Casco Bay has been approved by EPA. History: On August 24, 2005 Maine submitted an application to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for the authority to designate Casco Bay as Maine’s first No Discharge Area.

Materials

• Application for State Designated, Federally Approved No Discharge Area for Casco Bay. Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3A, Figure 3B, Figure 5, Figure 6. Figure 7.
• Casco Bay No Discharge Area Poster/Map
• PL 1999, ch. 655, An Act to Rid Maine's Waters of Ocean Vessel Sewage
• Pumpout Report and Proposed No Discharge Areas
• NDA Fact Sheet
• Report to the Natural Resources Committee on the Feasibility of a Statewide No Discharge Area for Maine's Coastal Waters (3/5/05)

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