{"abstract":"Notice is given that, pursuant Clean Water Act Section 312(f)(3), the Washington State Department of Ecology has determined that the protection and enhancement of the quality of the waters of Puget Sound requires greater environmental protection, and has petitioned the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, for a determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for those waters, so that the State may completely prohibit the discharge from all vessels of any sewage, whether treated or not, into such waters. Washington State has proposed to establish a \"No-Discharge Zone\" (NDZ) for all marine waters of Washington State inward from the line between New Dungeness Lighthouse and the Discovery Island Lighthouse to the Canadian border, and fresh waters of Lake Washington, Lake Union, and connecting waters between and to Puget Sound. The western boundary of the NDZ would be the exit of the Strait of Juan de Fuca near the entrance of Admiralty Inlet. This boundary is known and visible to vessel operators as it is the line between New Dungeness Lighthouse and Discovery Island Lighthouse. The northern boundary would be the border with Canada and heading south including all marine waters down to the south end of the south Sound and Hood Canal. The fresh waters of Lake Washington, Union Bay, Montlake Cut, Portage Bay, Lake Union, Fremont Cut, the Lake Washington Ship Canal, and Salmon Bay (the connecting waters from Lake Washington to Puget Sound) would be included. For more information regarding the State's planned NDZ, please go to http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/nonpoint/ CleanBoating/nodischargezone.html. Today's notice seeks public comment on EPA's tentative determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the waters subject to Washington's planned NDZ.","action":"Notice--receipt of petition and preliminary affirmative determination.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/11/07/2016-26877.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"81 FR 78141","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2016-12-07","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments regarding this tentative determination must be received on or before December 7, 2016.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["FRL-9954-99-Region 10"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[],"agency_name":"EPA","documents":[{"comment_count":554,"comment_start_date":"2016-11-07","updated_at":"2023-02-28T15:53:55.193-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-R10-OW-2016-0728-0001","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"EPA-R10-OW-2016-0728-0001","comment_end_date":"2016-12-24","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":0,"id":"EPA-R10-OW-2016-0728","title":"Petitions: Washington State Department of Ecology Prohibition of Discharges of Vessel Sewage"}],"document_number":"2016-26877","effective_on":null,"end_page":78143,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/11/07/2016-26877.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/07/2016-26877/washington-state-department-of-ecology-prohibition-of-discharges-of-vessel-sewage-receipt-of","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-26877?publication_date=2016-11-07","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-11-07/2016-26877/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":1239,"last_updated":"2026-04-20 10:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-11-07/pdf/2016-26877.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-26877.pdf?1478263597","publication_date":"2016-11-07","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/11/07/2016-26877.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_count":554,"agency_id":"EPA","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=EPA-R10-OW-2016-0728","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"EPA-R10-OW-2016-0728","document_id":"EPA-R10-OW-2016-0728-0001","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Petitions: Washington State Department of Ecology Prohibition of Discharges of Vessel Sewage","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-02-28T20:53:54Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":78141,"subtype":null,"title":"Washington State Department of Ecology Prohibition of Discharges of Vessel Sewage; Receipt of Petition and Preliminary Affirmative Determination","toc_doc":"Washington State Department of Ecology Prohibition of Discharges of Vessel Sewage","toc_subject":"Petitions:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":81}