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No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) by State

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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, a link to the Federal Register Notice describing the action and a clickable map. For an interactive GIS map of currently designated NDZs, visit the No-Discharge Zones Map.

Where available, you can click on the state name in the table to link to state webpages related to NDZs and/or pumpout facilities. 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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No-Discharge Zones by State
State Waterbody Designation
Type
Federal Register Notice Date Map
California Newport Bays (f)(3) 41 FR 2274 (PDF)(1 pp, 39 K) 01-15-1976 Map of Newport Bays no-discharge zone
California Sunset Bay (f)(3) 41 FR 2274 (PDF)(1 pp, 39 K) 01-15-1976 Map of Huntington Harbor and Sunset Bay no-discharge zones
California Huntington Harbor (f)(3) 41 FR 2274 (PDF)(1 pp, 39 K) 01-15-1976 Map of Huntington Harbor and Sunset Bay no-discharge zones
California Mission Bay (f)(3) 41 FR 34353 (PDF)(1 pp 33 K) 08-13-1976 Map of Mission Bay no-discharge zone
California Oceanside Harbor (f)(3) 41 FR 34353 (PDF)(1 pp, 33 K) 08-13-1976 Map of Oceanside Harbor no-discharge zone
California Dana Point Harbor (f)(3) 41 FR 34353 (PDF)(1 pp, 33 K) 08-13-1976 Map of Dana Point Harbor no-discharge zone
California San Diego Bay
(<30 ft. deep at MLLW)
(f)(3) 41 FR 34353 (PDF) (1 pp, 33 K) 08-13-1976 Map of San Diego Bay no-discharge zone
California Channel Islands Harbor (f)(3) 44 FR 26963 (PDF) (2 pp, 36 K) 05-08-1979 Map of Channel Islands Harbor no-discharge zone
California Avalon Bay Harbor (f)(3) 44 FR 26963 (PDF) (2 pp, 36 K) 05-08-1979 Map of Avalon Bay Harbor no-discharge zone
California Richardson Bay (f)(3) 52 FR 33282 (PDF) (1 pp, 45 K) 09-02-1987 Map of Richardson Bay no-discharge zone
California California Marine Waters (f)(4)(A) 77 FR 11401 (PDF)(11 pp, 192 K) 02-27-2012 Map of California Marine Waters no-discharge zone
Connecticut Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett Bay, portions of Fishers Island Sound and all of Stonington Harbor (f)(3) 68 FR 50769 (PDF)(2 pp, 41 K) 08-22-2003 Map of no-discharge zone in eastern Connecticut
Connecticut Mystic River and Pine Island (f)(3) 69 FR 57288 (PDF)(2 pp, 177 K) 09-24-2004 Map of Mystic River and Pine Island no-discharge zone
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 (PDF)(4 pp, 162 K) 05-12-2006 Map of Connecticut River and coastal waters, CT no-discharge zone
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 (PDF)(3 pp, 151 K) 06-15-2007 Map of western coastal Connecticut no-discharge zone
Florida Destin Harbor (f)(3) 53 FR 1678 (PDF)(1 pp, 34 K) 01-21-1988 Map of Destin Harbor no-discharge zone
Florida City of Key West waters (f)(3) 64 FR 46390 (PDF)(2 pp, 34 K) 08-25-1999 Map of Key West no-discharge zone
Florida State waters within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (f)(4)(A) 67 FR 35735 (PDF)(9 pp, 191 K) 05-21-2002 Map of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary no-discharge zone
Maine Casco Bay (f)(3) 71 FR 36527 (PDF)(2 pp, 183 K) 06-27-2006 Map of Casco Bay no-discharge zone
Maine Boothbay Harbor (f)(3) 74 FR 12848 (PDF)(2 pp, 139 K) 03-25-2009 Map of Boothbay Harbor no-discharge zone
Maine Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Wells (f)(3) 74 FR 27537 (PDF)(2 pp, 139 K) 06-10-2009 Map of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Wells no-discharge zone
Maine Southern Mount Desert - Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, portions of Cranberry Isles, and Tremont (f)(3) 74 FR 34340 (PDF)(2 pp, 139 K) 07-15-2009 Map of Southern Mount Desert no-discharge zone
Maine Camden, Rockport, Rockland, and portions of Owls Head (f)(3) 75 FR 4379 (PDF)(2 pp, 148 K) 01-27-2010 Map of Camden, Rockport, Rockland, and portions of Owls Head no-discharge zone
Maryland Herring Bay (f)(3) 67 FR 1352 (PDF)(4 pp, 172 K) 01-10-2002 Map of Herring Bay, MD no-discharge zone
Maryland Northern Coastal Bays (f)(3) 67 FR 1352 (PDF)(4 pp, 172 K) 01-10-2002 Map of Northern Coastal Bays, MD no-discharge zone
Maryland Chester River and its tributaries (f)(3) 84 FR 68444 (PDF)(3 pp, 283 K) 12-16-2019 Map of no-discharge zone established for Chester River, MD
Massachusetts All State Waters (f)(3) 57 FR 2553 (PDF)
(2 pp, 34 K)
57 FR 44379 (PDF)(2 pp, 33 K)
59 FR 45677 (PDF)(1 pp, 34 K)
59 FR 25052 (PDF)(1 pp, 34 K)
60 FR 37443 (PDF)(1 pp, 138 K)
62 FR 13885 (PDF)(2 pp, 109 K)
63 FR 44255 (PDF)(2 pp, 195 K)
65 FR 46712 (PDF)(2 pp, 247 K)
66 FR 35628 (PDF)(2 pp, 164 K)
71 FR 41216 (PDF)(2 pp, 183 K)
73 FR 29752 (PDF)(2 pp, 178 K)
73 FR 35684 (PDF)(3 pp, 182 K)
73 FR 43224 (PDF)(3 pp, 187 K)
73 FR 43441 (PDF)(2 pp, 177 K)
74 FR 11547 (PDF)(2 pp, 177 K)
75 FR 38516 (PDF)(2 pp, 50 K)
75 FR 43979 (PDF)(3 pp, 60 K)
76 FR 39395 (PDF)(2 pp, 152 K)
77 FR 36533 (PDF)(2 pp, 198 K)
77 FR 38797 (PDF)(3 pp, 218 K)
79 FR 30134 (PDF)(2 pp, 182 K)
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Map of Massachusetts No Discharge ZonesCourtesy of Massachusetts
Office of Coastal Zone
Management
Michigan All (f)(3) 41 FR 2274 (PDF)(1 pp, 39 K) 1-15-1976 Map of Michigan no-discharge zone
Minnesota Minnesota River (part) (f)(3) 42 FR 33362 (PDF) (1 pp, 28 K) 06-30-1977 Map of the no-discharge zone for part of the Minnesota River
Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area (f)(4)(A) 42 FR 43837 (PDF) (1 pp, 34 K) 08-31-1977 Map of the no-discharge zone for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, MN
Missouri All (except Miss. River, Missouri River, part of Bull Shoals Lake) (f)(3) 40 FR 54462 (PDF) (1 pp, 33 K) 11-24-1975 Map of the no-discharge zone established for Missouri waters
New Hampshire All except tidal waters (f)(3) 40 FR 36797 (PDF) (1 pp, 31 K) 08-22-1975 Map of the no-discharge zone established for New Hampshire waters except tidal waters
New Hampshire All New Hampshire coastal waters as defined in the Federal Register Notice (f)(3) 70 FR 56465 (PDF)(2 pp, 179 K) 07-27-2005 Map of no-discharge zone established for New Hampshire coastal waters
New Jersey Shark River (f)(3) 63 FR 30742 (PDF)(3 pp, 150 K) 06-05-1998 Map of no-discharge zone established for Shark River, NJ
New Jersey Manasquan River (f)(3) 63 FR 30740 (PDF)(3 pp, 150 K) 06-05-1998 Map of no-discharge zone established for Manasquan River, NJ
New Jersey Navesink River (f)(3) 64 FR 42377 (PDF)(2 pp, 145 K) 08-04-1999 Map of no-discharge zone established for Navesink River, NJ
New Jersey Shrewsbury River (f)(3) 65 FR 32091 (PDF)(2 pp, 120 K) 05-22-2000 Map of no-discharge zone established for Shrewsbury River, NJ
New Jersey Barnegat Bay (f)(3) 68 FR 35214 (PDF)(2 pp, 42 K) 06-12-2003 Map of no-discharge zone established for Barnegat Bay, NJ
New Mexico All (f)(3) 41 FR 17599 (PDF)(1 pp, 32 K) 04-27-1976 Map of no-discharge zone established for New Mexico waters
New York Lake George (f)(3) 41 FR 2668 (PDF)(1 pp, 28 K) 01-19-1976 Map of no-discharge zone established for Lake George, NY
New York Lake Champlain (f)(3) 41 FR 24624 (PDF)(1 pp, 36 K) 06-17-1976 Map of no-discharge zone established for Lake Champlain, NY
New York Hudson River (part) (f)(4)(B) 60 FR 63941 (PDF)(5 pp, 168 K) 12-13-1995 Map of no-discharge zone established for part of the Hudson River, NY
New York Mamaroneck Harbor (f)(3) 62 FR 61820 (PDF)(1 pp, 100 K) 11-19-1997 Map of no-discharge zone established for Mamaroneck Harbor, NY
New York East Hampton (7 water bodies) (f)(3) 64 FR 7194 (PDF)(3 pp, 155 K) 02-12-1999 Map of no-discharge zone established for East Hampton, NY
New York Greater Huntington-North Port Bay Complex (f)(3) 65 FR 37385 (PDF)(2 pp, 246 K,) 06-14-2000 Map of no-discharge zone established for the Greater Huntington-North Port Bay Complex, NY
New York Port Jefferson Harbor Complex (f)(3) 66 FR 51954 (PDF)(2 pp, 162 K) 10-11-2001 Map of no-discharge zone established for Port Jefferson Harbor Complex, NY
New York Peconic Estuary (f)(3) 67 FR 39720 (PDF)(3 pp, 169 K) 06-10-2002 Map of no-discharge zone established for the Peconic Estuary, NY
New York Parts of Hudson River (f)(3) 68 FR 58345 (PDF)(2 pp, 69 K) 10-09-2003 Map of no-discharge zone established for parts of the Hudson River, NY
New York Hempstead Harbor (f)(3) 73 FR 66041 (PDF)(2 pp, 68 K) 11-06-2008 Map of no-discharge zone established for Hempstead Harbor, NY
New York Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Complex (f)(3) 73 FR 66042 (PDF)(2 pp, 175 K) 11-06-2008 Map of no-discharge zone established for Oyster Bay-Cold Spring Harbor Complex, NY
New York South Shore Estuary Reserve (SSER) (f)(3) 74 FR 59177 (PDF)(8 pp, 70 K) 11-19-2009 Map of no-discharge zone established for the South Shore Estuary Reserve, NY
New York New York State Canal System (f)(3) 75 FR 29757 (PDF)(3 pp, 151 K) 05-27-2010 Map of no-discharge zone established for the New York State Canal System
New York Long Island Sound (f)(3) 76 FR 55668 (PDF)(6 pp, 162 K) 09-08-2011 Map of no-discharge zone established for the Long Island Sound, NY
New York Jamaica Bay (f)(3) 76 FR 66927 (PDF)(3 pp, 152 K) 10-28-2011 Map of no-discharge zone established for Jamaica Bay, NY
New York Lake Ontario (f)(3) 76 FR 78253(4 pp, 155 K) 12-16-2011 Map of no-discharge zone established for the New York waters of Lake Ontario
New York NY State area of Lake Erie (f)(3) 79 FR 35347 (PDF)(5 pp, 207 K) 06-20-2014 Map of no-discharge zone established for New York waters of Lake Erie
New York Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake and the Seneca River (f)(3) 80 FR 54281 (PDF)(3 pp, 196 K) 09-09-2015 Map of no-discharge zone established for Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake, and Seneca River, NY
North Carolina New Hanover County (f)(3) 75 FR 7590 (PDF)(2 pp, 148 K) 02-22-2010 Map of New Hanover County, NC no-discharge zone
North Carolina Brunswick and Pender Counties and the Saline Waters of the Cape Fear River in Brunswick and New Hanover Counties (f)(3) 76 FR 18548 (PDF)(2 pp, 145 K) 04-04-2011 Map of no-discharge zone for Brunswick and Pender Counties, NC
Rhode Island Great Salt Pond, Block Island (f)(3) 58 FR 31202 (PDF) (1 pp, 37 K) 06-01-1993 Map of no-discharge zone for Great Salt Pond, Block Island, RI
Rhode Island All within 3 mile territorial limit (f)(3) 63 FR 42633 (PDF)(2 pp, 150 K) 08-10-1998 Map of no-discharge zone for all Rhode Island waters
Texas 24 Freshwater bodies (f)(3) 42 FR 59776 (PDF) (3 pp, 37 K) 11-21-1977 Map of no-discharge zone for 24 freshwater bodies in Texas
Texas Clear Lake (f)(3)
(1 pp, 51 K)
02-06-1995 Map of Clear Lake, TX no-discharge zone
Vermont All (including parts of Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog) (f)(3) 40 FR 42240 (PDF)(1 pp, 32 K) 09-11-1975 Map of no-discharge zone for all Vermont waters
Virginia Sarah Creek and Perrin River (f)(3) 85 FR 59796 (PDF)(2 pp, 244 K) 09-23-2020 Thumbnail map of Sarah Creek and Perrin River, VA vessel sewage no-discharge zone
Virginia Smith Mountain Lake (f)(3) 65 FR 61166 (PDF)(3 pp, 250 K) 10-16-2000 Map of Smith Mountain Lake, VA no-discharge zone
Virginia Lynnhaven River (f)(3) 72 FR 7875 (PDF)(2 pp, 176 K) 02-21-2007 Map of Lynnhaven River, VA no-discharge zone
Virginia Broad Creek, Jackson Creek and Fishing Bay (f)(3) 74 FR 42070 (PDF)(4 pp, 176 K) 08-20-2009 Map of Broad Creek, Jackson Creek and Fishing Bay, VA no-discharge zone
Washington All marine waters inward from the line between New Dungeness Lighthouse and the Discovery Island Lighthouse to the Canadian border, and fresh waters of Lake Washington, Lake Union and connecting waters between and to Puget Sound (f)(3) 82 FR 11218 (PDF)  (4 pp, 203 K) 02-21-2017 Map of no-discharge zone established for Puget Sound, WA
Wisconsin All (except Lake Superior, Mississippi River, part St. Croix River) (f)(3) 41 FR 11875 (PDF) (1 pp, 32 K) 03-22-1976 Map of no-discharge zone for all Wisconsin waters except Lake Superior, Mississippi River, and part of St. Croix River

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States with Shared No-Discharge Zones Designations for a Specific Waterbody
State Waterbody Designation
Type
Federal Register Notice Date Map
California / Nevada Lake Tahoe – portions in CA and NV (f)(3) 42 FR 59105 (PDF)(1 pp, 35 K) 11-15-1977 Map of Lake Tahoe no-discharge zone
Kentucky / Tennessee Dale Hollow Lake – portions in KY and TN (f)(3) 71 FR 58393 (PDF)(2 pp, 178 K) 10-03-2006 Map of Dale Hollow Lake no-discharge zone
Minnesota / Wisconsin Saint Croix River – portions in MN and WI (f)(3) 61 FR 30868 (PDF)(2 pp, 109 K)

06-18-1996

Map of Saint Croix River no-discharge zone
South Carolina / North Carolina / Georgia Broad Creek, Lake Keowee, Lake Murray, Lake Thurmond, and Lake Wylie – portions in SC, NC, and GA (f)(3) 64 FR 10465 (PDF)(2 pp, 147 K) 03-04-1999 Map of Broad Creek no-discharge zone
South Carolina / Georgia Lake Hartwell – portions in SC and GA (f)(3) 62 FR 22943 (PDF)(2 pp, 109 K) 04-28-1997 Map of Lake Hartwell no-discharge zone
Utah / Arizona Lake Powell – portions in UT and AZ (f)(3) 65 FR 56577 (PDF)(2 pp, 246 K) 09-19-2000 Map of Lake Powell no-discharge zone

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