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Discharge of Oils, Etc. Into Waterways

Rule: 144
Issued: 08/28/2003
Effective: 10/01/2003
Description:

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to deposit, place, or discharge into the waterways of Port Manatee, either directly or through private or public sewers, any sanitary sewage, butcher's offal, garbage, dead animals, gaseous liquid or solid matter, oil, gasoline, residium of gas, calcium chloride, trade waste, tar or refuse or any other matter which is capable of producing floating matter or scum on the surface of the water, sediment in the bottom of the waterways, or the odors and gases of putrefaction, or degradation in water quality in terms of parameters for which State of Florida water quality standards apply. Vessels discharging ballast, oil from bilges or tanks or solid matter into the waters of Port Manatee will be reported to the United States Coast Guard and be subject to a fine of $500.00 for each offense, imposed by and payable to the Port Authority. Such fine shall be in addition to any other fines which may be levied for the same offense by the State of Florida or the United States.

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