A Boater's Guide to No Discharge Zones and Pump-Out Facilities

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Local Pump-Out Facilities

Group Contact Information Facility Type A Boater’s Guide Town of Brookhaven - Sandspit Marina Ch. 9 and 16 ▲ Pump-out Vessel to Beach Avenue, Patchogue, NY (516) 315-6217 (Free) No Discharge Zones Town of Brookhaven - Corey Creek Ch. 9 and 16 ▲ Pump-out Vessel Corey Avenue, Patchogue, NY (516) 315-6217 (Free) and Pump-Out Patchogue Shores Marina Ch. 16 and 68 ● Shore-Side Facility Facilities 28 Cornell Road, East Patchogue, NY (631) 475-0790 (Free) Island View Marina (631) 447-1234 ● Shore-Side Facility 61 Price St., Patchogue, NY ($10 fee)

For More Information about NDZs For Water Quality Information

For more information about the No This pamphlet is one of a series of Discharge Zone designation for Patchogue pamphlets describing storm water pollution Bay and the South Shore Estuary Reserve, prevention and water quality improvement contact: measures.

 NYSDEC Division of Water at: For more information about ways to (518) 402-8179; prevent stormwater pollution and improve water quality, please visit our website:  Your local marina or yacht club; http://www.patchoguevillage.org/ stormwater.html  Or on the web: http://www.dec.ny.gov/ chemical/73875.html Recreational Vessel Sewage The symbol below is used to designate a Discharge Control for:

Clean Vessel Act Pump-Out Station:

This pamphlet was Patchogue Bay

developed as part of the Great South Bay Village of Patchogue’s Stormwater Management and South Shore Estuary Reserve Watershed Management Programs.

It is Illegal to Dump any Waste from a Vessel in the CoastalOverview Waters of Patchogue Bay and the South Shore Estuary Reserve

What is a No Discharge Zone (NDZ)? What must I do to comply? No Discharge Zones Maps

A No Discharge Zone (NDZ) is a designated When boating in a No Discharge Zone, South Shore Estuary Reserve area where the overboard discharge of all sewage from Type I, II, and III MSDs treated or untreated boat sewage is cannot be discharged. Type I and II MSDs prohibited. This means that vessels with must be secured to prevent discharge. either through-hull waste disposal systems Closing the seacock and padlocking it, (Types I and II Marine Sanitation Devices or using a non-releasable wire tie, or MSDs) or holding tanks (Type III MSDs) removing the seacock handle (with the must use approved pump-out facilities within seacock closed) would be sufficient. the No Discharge Zone. Locking the door of the head with a padlock or door handle key lock is another Why are No Discharge Zones created? acceptable method of securing the MSD while in a No Discharge Zone. Sewage wastes discharged from boats may degrade water quality by introducing micro- Type III MSDs (holding tanks) and portable organisms, nutrients, and chemical products toilets are the only sanitary equipment that into the marine environment. Micro- can be used in a No Discharge Zone. organisms, which include pathogens and Portable toilets are not subject to the MSD bacteria, may introduce diseases like regulations, but are, however, subject to The South Shore Estuary Reserve (SSER) hepatitis, typhoid fever and gastroenteritis to disposal regulations which prohibit the encompasses 110,720 acres of open water people in contact with the water, and can disposal of raw sewage within the 3-mile and intertidal area. The waterbodies contaminate shellfish beds. Nutrients, limit or territorial waters of the United included in the SSER are Shinnecock Bay particularly nitrogen, cause algal blooms States, the Great Lakes, or navigable (East and West), Quantuck Bay, Moriches that are harmful to fish, shellfish, and rivers. Bay (East and West), Bellport Bay, eelgrass beds. Chemical products can be Patchogue Bay, Nicoll Bay, Great South toxic to marine life. Enforcement Bay (West, East and Great Cove), South Oyster Bay, East Bay Complex, Middle Bay In 2009, the New York State Department of These regulations are enforceable by any Complex and Western South Shore Bay. Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) agent with authority over marine resources, designated the coastal waters of the South including, but not limited to, NYSDEC law Shore Estuary Reserve, which includes enforcement, harbormasters, and police Patchogue Bay and Great South Bay, as a officers assigned to patrol the waters of No Discharge Zone because they do not New York State. meet Clean Water Act standards for patho- genic bacteria. How do I pump-out?

Pumping wastes out of your boat into Four pump-out facilities are located in designated pump-out facilities helps keep Patchogue Bay (two shore-side and two the environment clean, resulting in healthy pump-out boats) and can be contacted by bays, estuaries, and ocean waters. phone or VHF radio. Contact information is provided on the back of this pamphlet.