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Section 72440.

72440. (a) (1) The board shall determine whether it is necessary to apply to the federal government for the state to prohibit the release of sewage or sewage sludge from large passenger vessels, sewage from oceangoing ships with sufficient holding tank capacity, and sewage sludge from oceangoing ships, into the marine waters of the state or to […]

Section 72440.1.

72440.1. The board shall request the appropriate federal agencies, as determined by the board, to prohibit the release of waste by large passenger vessels or oceangoing ships in all of the waters in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, and Monterey Bay National […]

Section 72441.

72441. (a) This division does not apply to either of the following: (1) A large passenger vessel or oceangoing ship that operates in the marine waters of the state solely in innocent passage. (2) Discharges made for the purpose of securing the safety of the large passenger vessel or oceangoing ship or saving life at sea, if reasonable […]

Section 72442.

72442. The board may adopt regulations to carry out this division. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 488, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)