No-Discharge Zones for Vessel Sewage

These tables list States where the current no-discharge zones (NDZs) for vessel sewage are located. The tables also include the names of the waterbodies, the type of designation and a link to the Federal Register Notice describing the action. NDZ designation types include:

312(f)(3) protecting aquatic habitats where pumpout facilities are available;
312(f)(4)(A) protecting special aquatic habitats or species; and
312(f)(4)(B) protecting drinking water intake zones to protect human health..

In some cases, more than one State shares a waterbody and NDZ designation. These cases are listed by each State with the other State(s) also listed with it.

No Discharge Zones by State | No Discharge Zones Shared by More than One State

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State Listing
California	Maryland	New Hampshire	South Carolina/ Georgia
California/ Nevada	Massachusetts	New Jersey	Texas
Connecticut	Michigan	New Mexico	Utah/Arizona
Florida	Minnesota	New York	Vermont
Kentucky/Tennessee	Minnesota/Wisconsin	Rhode Island	Virginia
Maine	Missouri	South Carolina/ North Carolina/ Georgia	Wisconsin

State	Waterbody	Designation Type (CWA Section 312)	Federal Register Notice	Date
No-Discharge Zones by State
California	Mission Bay	(f)(3)	41 FR 34353 (PDF) (1 pg, 33KB)	8-13-1976
California	Oceanside Harbor	(f)(3)	41 FR 34353 (PDF) (1 pg, 33KB)	8-13-1976
California	Dana Point Harbor	(f)(3)	41 FR 34353 (PDF) (1 pg, 33KB)	8-13-1976
California	San Diego Bay (<30 ft. deep at MLLW)	(f)(3)	41 FR 34353 (PDF) (1 pg, 33KB)	8-13-1976
California	Channel Islands Harbor	(f)(3)	44 FR 26963 (PDF) (2 pp, 36KB)	5-8-1979
California	Avalon Bay Harbor	(f)(3)	44 FR 26963 (PDF) (2 pp, 36KB)	5-8-1979
California	Newport Bays	(f)(3)	41 FR 2274 (PDF) (1 pg, 39KB)	1-15-1976
California	Sunset Bay	(f)(3)	41 FR 2274 (PDF) (1 pg, 39KB)	1-15-1976
California	Richardson Bay	(f)(3)	52 FR 33282 (PDF) (1 pg, 45KB)	9-2-1987
California	Huntington Harbor	(f)(3)	41 FR 2274 (PDF) (1 pg, 39KB)	1-15-1976
Connecticut	Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett Bay, Portions of Fishers Island Sound and all of Stonington Harbor	(f)(3)	68 FR 50769 (PDF) (2 pp, 41KB)	8-22-2003
Connecticut	Mystic River and Pine Island	(f)(3)	69 FR 57288	09-24-2004
Connecticut	Eastern Point in Groton to Hoadley Point in Guilford, the Connecticut River, and navigable reaches for the Hammonasset, Menunketesuck, Niantic, and Thames Rivers.	(f)(3)	71 FR 27721	05-12-2006
Connecticut	Branford, East Haven, New Haven, West Haven, Orange, Milford, Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Westport, Norwalk, Darien, Stamford, Greenwich, Housatonic River from Derby Dam and the Quinnipiac River from the southern border of North Haven	(f)(3)	72FR 33222	06-15-2007
Florida	Destin Harbor	(f)(3)	53 FR 1678 (PDF) (1 pg, 34KB)	1-21-1988
Florida	City of Key West waters	(f)(3)	64 FR 46390	8-25-1999
Florida	State waters within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary	(f)(4)(A)	67 FR 35735	05-21-2002
Maine	Casco Bay	(f)(3)	71 FR 36527	06-27-2006
Maine	Boothbay Harbor, ME	(f)(3)	74 FR 12848	3-25-2009
Maine	Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Wells, ME	(f)(3)	74 FR 27537	6-10-2009
Maine	Southern Mount Desert - Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, portions of Cranberry Isles, and Tremont	(f)(3)	74 FR 34340	7-15-2009
Maryland	Herring Bay	(f)(3)	67 FR 1352	01-10-2002
Maryland	Northern Coastal Bays	(f)(3)	67 FR 1352	01-10-2002
Massachusetts	Westport Harbor and East & West Branches of Westport River	(f)(3)	59 FR 45677 (PDF) (1 pg, 34KB)	9-2-1994
Massachusetts	WellFleet	(f)(3)	60 FR 30539	6-9-1995
Massachusetts	Waquoit Bay	(f)(3)	59 FR 25052 (PDF) (1 pg, 34KB)	5-13-1994
Massachusetts	Nantucket Harbor	(f)(3)	57 FR 44379 (PDF) (2 pp, 33KB)	9-25-1992
Massachusetts	Wareham Harbor	(f)(3)	57 FR 2553 (PDF) (2 pp, 34KB)	1-22-1992
Massachusetts	Stage Harbor Complex	(f)(3)	62 FR 13885	3-24-1997
Massachusetts	Harwich	(f)(3)	63 FR 44255	8-18-1998
Massachusetts	Buzzards Bay	(f)(3)	65 FR 46712	7-31-2000
Massachusetts	Three Bay/Centerville Harbor Area	(f)(3)	66 FR 35628	07-06-2001
Massachusetts	Plymouth Bay, Plymouth Harbor, Kingston Bay, and Duxbury Bay	(f)(3)	71 FR 41216	07-20-2006
Massachusetts	Scituate, Marshfield, Cohasset	(f)(3)	73 FR 29752	5-22-2008
Massachusetts	Salem Sound	(f)(3)	73 FR 35684	6-24-2008
Massachusetts	Boston Harbor	(f)(3)	73 FR 43224	7-24-2008
Massachusetts	Cape Cod**	(f)(3)	73 FR 43441	7-24-2008
Massachusetts	Swampscott, Nahant, Lynn, Saugus, and Revere	(f)(3)	74 FR 11547	3-18-2009
Michigan	All	(f)(3)	41 FR 2274 (PDF) (1 pg, 32KB)	1-15-1976
Minnesota	Boundary Waters Canoe Area	(f)(4)A	42 FR 43837 (PDF) (1 pg, 34KB)	8-31-1977
Minnesota	Minnesota River (part)	(f)(3)	42 FR 33362 (PDF) (1 pg, 28KB)	6-30-1977
Missouri	All (except Miss. River, Missouri River, part of Bull Shoals Lake)	(f)(3)	40 FR 54462 (PDF) (1 pg, 33KB)	11-24-1975
New Hampshire	All except tidal waters	(f)(3)	40 FR 36797 (PDF) (1 pg, 31KB)	8-22-1975
New Hampshire	All New Hampshire coastal waters as defined in the Federal Register Notice	(f)(3)	70 FR 56465	7-27-2005
New Jersey	Barnegat Bay	(f)(3)	68 FR 35214 (PDF) (2 pp, 42KB)	6-12-2003
New Jersey	Shark River	(f)(3)	63 FR 12094	3-12-1998
New Jersey	Manasquan River	(f)(3)	63 FR 12094	3-12-1998
New Jersey	Shrewsbury River	(f)(3)	65 FR 32091	5-22-2000
New Jersey	Navesink River	(f)(3)	64 FR 25504	5-12-1999
New Mexico	All	(f)(3)	41 FR 17599 (PDF) (1 pg, 32KB)	4-27-1976
New York	Lake Champlain	(f)(3)	41 FR 24624 (PDF) (1 pg, 36KB)	6-17-1976
New York	Mamaroneck Harbor	(f)(3)	62 FR 61820	11-19-1997
New York	Lake George	(f)(3)	41 FR 2668 (PDF) (1 pg, 28KB)	1-19-1976
New York	Parts of Hudson River	(f)(3)	68 FR 58345 (PDF) (2 pp, 69KB)	10-9-2003
New York	Hudson River (part)	(f)(4)(B)	60 FR 63941	12-13-1995
New York	East Hampton (7 water bodies)	(f)(3)	64 FR 7194	2-12-1999
New York	Greater Huntington-North Port Bay Complex	(f)(3)	65 FR 37385	6-14-2000
New York	Port Jefferson Harbor Complex	(f)(3)	66 FR 51954	10-11-2001
New York	Peconic Estuary	(f)(3)	67 FR 39720	06-10-2002
New York	Hempstead Harbor	(f)(3)	73 FR 66041 (PDF) (2 pp, 68KB)	11-6-2008
Rhode Island	Great Salt Pond, Block Island	(f)(3)	58 FR 31202 (PDF) (1 pg, 37KB)	6-1-1993
Rhode Island	All within 3 mile territorial limit.	(f)(3)	63 FR 42633	8-10-1998
Texas	24 Freshwater bodies	(f)(3)	42 FR 59776 (PDF) (3 pp, 37KB)	11-21-1977
Vermont	All (including parts of Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog)	(f)(3)	40 FR 42240 (PDF) (1 pg, 32KB)	9-11-1975
Virginia	Lynnhaven River	(f)(3)	72 FR 7875	2-21-2007
Virginia	Smith Mountain Lake	(f)(3)	65 FR 61166	10-16-2000
Wisconsin	All (except Lake Superior, Mississippi River, part St. Croix River)	(f)(3)	41 FR 11875 (PDF) (1 pg, 32KB)	3-22-1976

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State	Waterbody	Designation Type (CWA Section 312)	Federal Register Notice	Date
States with Shared No-Discharge Zones Designations for a Specific Waterabody
California / Nevada	Each have shorelines on Lake Tahoe.	(f)(3)	42 FR 59105 (PDF) ( 1pg, 35KB)	11-15-1977
Kentucky / Tennessee	Share shoreline on Dale Hollow Lake.	(f)(3)	71 FR 58393	10-03-2006
Minnesota / Wisconsin	Share shoreline along the Saint Croix River.	(f)(3) DENIAL	61 FR 30868 42 FR 37844 (PDF) (3 pp, 44KB)	6-18-1996 7-25-1977
South Carolina / North Carolina / Georgia	Share shoreline on Broad Creek, Lake Keowee, Lake Murray, Lake Thurmond, and Lake Wylie.	(f)(3)	64 FR 10465	3-4-1999
South Carolina / Georgia	Share shoreline on Lake Hartwell.	(f)(3)	60 FR 25215	5-11-1995
Utah / Arizona	Share shoreline on Lake Powell	(f)(3)	65 FR 56577	9-19-2000