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NOTE: Inclusion of the following statement is required by the amendments to the U S Coast Guard Marine Sanitation Device Regulations (33 CFR Part 159) as published in the Federal Register Vol. 41, No 71, Monday, April 12, 1976, page 15326.
The EPA standards state that in fresh water lakes fresh water reservoirs and other fresh water impoundment, whose inlets Or outlets are such as to prevent the ingress or egress by vessel traffic subject to this regulation, or in rivers not capable of navigation by interstate vessel traffic subject to this regulation marine sanitation devices certified by the "U S Coast Guard" installed on all vessel must be designed and operated to prevent the over board discharge of sewage treated or untreated or of any waste derived from sewage. The EPA standards further state that this shall not be construed to prohibit the carriage of Coast Guard- certified flow-through treatment devices which have been secured so as to prevent such discharges. They also state that waters where a U.S. Coast Guard-certified marina sanitation device permitting discharge is allowed include coastal waters and estuaries, the Great Lakes and Inter-coastal waterways, fresh water lakes, and impoundment accessible through locks, and other flowing waters that are navigable interstate by vessel subject to this regulation (40 CFR 140.3).
All recommendations and suggestions appearing in this manual concerning the used our products are based upon tests and data believed to be reliable. Since the actual use by others is beyond our control, no guarantee. expressed or implied, is made by Diamond Shamrock Corporation as to the effects of such use or the results to be obtained, nor is any information to be construed as a recommendation to infringe any parent or to practice any process in violation of any law or any government regulations.
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