KOROR STATE GOVERNMENT MARINE TOUR GUIDE ... - C3

(A) The Board may either approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove a mixing zone
application after conducting a public hearing on the application. The Board will notify the
applicant in writing of its determination. The notification will include, but is not limited to:
(1) The duration of the mixing zone; and,
(2) Any conditions placed upon the Board's approval of the application. Conditions may
include, but are not limited to:
(a) Effluent and receiving water monitoring and reporting requirements;
(b) A timetable for the reduction or elimination of the discharge; and,
(c) The parameters for which the mixing zone is being granted and the alternative
criteria that will apply within the mixing zone.
(B) If the Board disapproves a mixing zone application, it will notify the applicant, in
writing, of the reasons for the disapproval. (Effective May 26, 1996)
MARINE SANITATION DEVICES
2401-11-37 Definitions
Unless specifically indicated otherwise, or unless the context clearly requires a different
meaning, for the purposes of Sections 2401-11-37 and 2401-11-38:
(A) "Discharge" includes, but is not limited to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, or dumping.
(B) "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" means the U.S. Federal Water Pollution
Control Act Amendments of 1972, 82 Stat. 886, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., as amended by
the Clean Water Act of 1977, 91 Stat. 1566, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and the Water
Quality Act of 1987, 101 Stat. 7, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.
(C) "Marine Sanitation Device" includes any equipment for installation on board a vessel
and which is designed to receive, retain, treat, or discharge sewage and any process to
treat such sewage.
(D) "Sewage" means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other
receptacles intended to receive or retain body wastes.
(E) "Vessel" includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used,
or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on any waters of or within the
Republic of Palau.
(F) Other terms shall have the Definitions set forth in 40 CFR Section 140.1 and 33 CFR
Section 159.3 (Effective May 26, 1996)
2401-11-38 Marine Sanitation Device Requirements
All Marine Sanitation Device requirements in effect within the Republic of Palau on
September 29, 1994, as set forth in 33 CFR Part 159 and 40 CFR Part 140 shall
continue to be in effect after the implementation of the Compact of Free Association
between the Republic of Palau and the United States of America and are hereby
adopted by reference and no discharge of sewage pertaining to vessels shall occur
within the Republic of Palau in violation of said Marine Sanitation Device Requirements.
(Effective May 26, 1996)
SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND
COUNTERMEASURES (SPCC)
2401-11-39 Applicability
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