Cal. Pub. Resources Code § 72400

Current through the 2023 Legislative Session.

Section 72400 - Protection and enhancement of marine waters and sanctuaries

The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:

(a) California is home to four of the 13 national marine sanctuaries. These areas support some of the world's most diverse marine ecosystems and are home to numerous mammals, seabirds, fish, invertebrates, and plants.

(b) The protection and enhancement of the quality of the marine waters of the state and marine sanctuaries, and the protection of public health and the environment, requires that the release from large passenger vessels and oceangoing ships of hazardous waste, other waste, sewage sludge, and oily bilgewater, into the marine waters of the state and marine sanctuaries, and the release of graywater by large passenger ships into the marine waters of the state, should be prohibited.

Ca. Pub. Res. Code § 72400

Amended by Stats 2005 ch 588 (SB 771),s 6, eff. 1/1/2006

Amended by Stats 2004 ch 764 (AB 2672), s 1, eff. 1/1/2005.

Added by Stats 2003 ch 488 (AB 121), s 1, eff. 1/1/2004.