Sewage passing through a marine toilet equipped with a chlorinator or chemical treatment facility from a watercraft underway in waters of the State shall be deemed treated if the undiluted effluent meets the following standards:
Items | Specifications | |
1. | Floating solids; settleable solids | Removal of substantially all floating and settleable solids which are readily visible and attributable to sewage. |
2. | Suspended solids | Not more than 50 parts per million. |
3. | 5-day biochemical and chemical oxygen demand. | Not more than 50 parts per million. |
4. | Organisms of the coliform group | The median MPN value in any series of samples shall not be in excess of 50 per 100 milliliters. |
All other sewage or sewage effluent discharged from watercraft shall be deemed untreated.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 § 656.1