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Chapter 6
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CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCE BOARD
(CARB) LABEL
Your Regal boat may have a star shaped label affixed
to the bow, port hullside. It is located at the front of the
state registration numbers. This label is part of the Califor-
nia Air Resource Board (Carb) SD/I rule. If your boat is
operated in the state of California and/or bordering wa-
ters, this label MUST remain intact. The label shows that
the engine installed as original equipment meets a currently
approved California state regulatory emission level. See the
example below which shows the current California ultra
low 3 star label.
MARPOL TREATY
The USCG now enforces the International Convention for
the Prevention of Pollution from ships, referred to com-
monly as the MARPOL TREATY (marine pollution). This
international treaty prohibits the overboard dumping of all
oil, garbage, ship-generated plastic and chemicals. There
may be a placard on board your boat that explains the
garbage and plastic dumping laws in detail. Normally this
placard is found near a waste receptacle in the cabin or
cockpit.
CALIFORNIA PROP 65
Proposition 65 relates to the state of California and is an
additional requirement added to their Safe Drinking &
Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. Prop 65 basically sum-
marized states that:
“No person in the course of doing business shall know-
ingly discharge or release a chemical known to the state
to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity into water or onto
land where such chemical passes or probably will pass
into any source of drinking water ....” and it goes on to
say “ no person in the course of doing business shall know-
ingly and intentionally expose any individual to a chemi-
cal known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive
toxicity without first giving clear and reasonable warning
to such individual .....”
For more information, contact the California Office of
Environmental Health Hazard Assessment at 916-445-
6900 or http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65.html.
FUEL SPILLAGE
The federal water pollution control act prohibits the dis-
charge of oil or oil waste (such as from the sump bilge
pump) into or upon the navigable waters of the United
States or the waters of the contiguous zone. Violators are
subject to substantial civil fines and criminal sanctions.
A placard is placed inside the engine hatch area or in the
sump warning of overboard discharge of oil or oily waste.
CARB LABEL
A wide variety of components used on this vessel contain or emit
chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and
birth defects and other reproductive harm.
EXAMPLES INCLUDE:
* Engine and generator exhaust
* Engine and generator fuel, and other liquids such as coolants
and oil, especially used motor oil
* Cooking fuels
* Cleaners, paints, substances used for vessel repair
* Waste materials that result from wear of vessel components
* Lead from battery terminals and from other sources such as
ballast or fishing sinkers
TO AVOID HARM:
* Keep away from engine, generator, and cooking fuel exhaust
fumes.
* Wash areas thoroughly with soap & water after handling the
substances above.
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