EPA Designates Additional Waters Off Massachusetts as No-Discharge Zones

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency has designated the coastal waters of Nantucket, Vineyard Sounds and the Islands, and Mt. Hope Bay as "No Discharge Areas," bringing the total amount of Massachusetts coastal waters protected from boat-generated sewage pollution to more than 95 percent."Our environment and economies depend on safe and productive coastline," Massachusetts Energy & Environmental Affairs Secretary Richard Sullivan said in a statement announcing the designations July 20. "With this designation, nearly all of our coastal waters are protected from boat pollution, providing clean resources for tourism and recreational activities like swimming and fishing and habitat for marine life."