No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) by State
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. 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
- California/Nevada
- Kentucky/Tennessee
- Minnesota/Wisconsin
- South Carolina/North Carolina/Georgia
- South Carolina/Georgia
- Utah/Arizona
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| State | Waterbody | Designation Type (CWA Section 312) |
Federal Register Notice | Date | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | Newport Bays | (f)(3) | 41 FR 2274 (PDF)(1 pg, 39 K) | 01-15-1976 |  |
| California | Sunset Bay | (f)(3) | 41 FR 2274 (PDF)(1 pg, 39 K) | 01-15-1976 |  |
| California | Huntington Harbor | (f)(3) | 41 FR 2274 (PDF)(1 pg, 39 K) | 01-15-1976 | |
| California | Mission Bay | (f)(3) | 41 FR 34353 (PDF)(1 pg, 33 K) | 08-13-1976 |  |
| California | Oceanside Harbor | (f)(3) | 41 FR 34353 (PDF)(1 pg, 33 K) | 08-13-1976 |  |
| California | Dana Point Harbor | (f)(3) | 41 FR 34353 (PDF)(1 pg, 33 K) | 08-13-1976 |  |
| California | San Diego Bay (<30 ft. deep at MLLW) |
(f)(3) | 41 FR 34353 (PDF) (1 pg, 33 K) | 08-13-1976 |  |
| California | Channel Islands Harbor | (f)(3) | 44 FR 26963 (PDF) (2 pp, 36 K) | 05-08-1979 |  |
| California | Avalon Bay Harbor | (f)(3) | 44 FR 26963 (PDF) (2 pp, 36 K) | 05-08-1979 |  |
| California | Richardson Bay | (f)(3) | 52 FR 33282 (PDF) (1 pg, 45 K) | 09-02-1987 |  |
| California | California Marine Waters | (f)(4)(A) | 77 FR 11401 (PDF)(11 pp, 192 K) | 02-27-2012 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Connecticut | Mystic River and Pine Island | (f)(3) | 69 FR 57288 (PDF)(2 pp, 177 K) | 09-24-2004 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Florida | Destin Harbor | (f)(3) | 53 FR 1678 (PDF)(1 pg, 34 K) | 01-21-1988 |  |
| Florida | City of Key West waters | (f)(3) | 64 FR 46390 (PDF)(2 pp, 34 K) | 08-25-1999 | |
| Florida | State waters within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary | (f)(4)(A) | 67 FR 35735 (PDF)(9 pp, 191 K) | 05-21-2002 | |
| Maine | Casco Bay | (f)(3) | 71 FR 36527 (PDF)(2 pp, 183 K) | 06-27-2006 |  |
| Maine | Boothbay Harbor, ME | (f)(3) | 74 FR 12848 (PDF)(2 pp, 139 K) | 03-25-2009 | |
| Maine | Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Wells, ME | (f)(3) | 74 FR 27537 (PDF)(2 pp, 139 K) | 06-10-2009 | |
| 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 | |
| Maine | Camden, Rockport, Rockland, and portions of Owls Head | (f)(3) | 75 FR 4379 (PDF)(2 pp, 148 K) | 01-27-2010 | |
| Maryland | Herring Bay | (f)(3) | 67 FR 1352 (PDF)(4 pp, 172 K) | 01-10-2002 |  |
| Maryland | Northern Coastal Bays | (f)(3) | 67 FR 1352 (PDF)(4 pp, 172 K) | 01-10-2002 |  |
| 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 pg, 34 K) 59 FR 25052 (PDF)(1 pg, 34 K) 60 FR 37443 (PDF)(1 pg, 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) |
01-22-1992
09-25-1992 09-02-1994
05-13-1994
07-20-1995
03-24-1997
08-18-1998
07-31-2000
07-06-2001
07-20-2006
05-22-2008
06-24-2008
07-25-2008
07-24-2008
03-18-2009
07-02-2010
07-27-2010
07-06-2011
06-19-2012
06-29-2012
05-27-2014
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 Courtesy of Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management |
| Michigan | All | (f)(3) | 41 FR 2274 (PDF)(1 pg, 39 K) | 1-15-1976 |  |
| Minnesota | Minnesota River (part) | (f)(3) | 42 FR 33362 (PDF) (1 pg, 28 K) | 06-30-1977 |  |
| Minnesota | Boundary Waters Canoe Area | (f)(4)A | 42 FR 43837 (PDF) (1 pg, 34 K) | 08-31-1977 | |
| Missouri | All (except Miss. River, Missouri River, part of Bull Shoals Lake) | (f)(3) | 40 FR 54462 (PDF) (1 pg, 33 K) | 11-24-1975 |  |
| New Hampshire | All except tidal waters | (f)(3) | 40 FR 36797 (PDF) (1 pg, 31 K) | 08-22-1975 |  |
| 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 | |
| New Jersey | Shark River | (f)(3) | 63 FR 30742 (PDF)(3 pp, 150 K) | 06-05-1998 |  |
| New Jersey | Manasquan River | (f)(3) | 63 FR 30740 (PDF)(3 pp, 150 K) | 06-05-1998 |  |
| New Jersey | Navesink River | (f)(3) | 64 FR 42377 (PDF)(2 pp, 145 K) | 08-04-1999 |  |
| New Jersey | Shrewsbury River | (f)(3) | 65 FR 32091 (PDF)(2 pp, 120 K) | 05-22-2000 |  |
| New Jersey | Barnegat Bay | (f)(3) | 68 FR 35214 (PDF)(2 pp, 42 K) | 06-12-2003 |  |
| New Mexico | All | (f)(3) | 41 FR 17599 (PDF)(1 pg, 32 K) | 04-27-1976 | n/a |
| New York | Lake George | (f)(3) | 41 FR 2668 (PDF)(1 pg, 28 K) | 01-19-1976 |  |
| New York | Lake Champlain | (f)(3) | 41 FR 24624 (PDF)(1 pg, 36 K) | 06-17-1976 |  |
| New York | Hudson River (part) | (f)(4)(B) | 60 FR 63941 (PDF)(5 pp, 168 K) | 12-13-1995 |  |
| New York | Mamaroneck Harbor | (f)(3) | 62 FR 61820 (PDF)(1 pg, 100 K) | 11-19-1997 |  |
| New York | East Hampton (7 water bodies) | (f)(3) | 64 FR 7194 (PDF)(3 pp, 155 K) | 02-12-1999 |  |
| New York | Greater Huntington-North Port Bay Complex | (f)(3) | 65 FR 37385 (PDF)(2 pp, 246 K,) | 06-14-2000 |  |
| New York | Port Jefferson Harbor Complex | (f)(3) | 66 FR 51954 (PDF)(2 pp, 162 K) | 10-11-2001 |  |
| New York | Peconic Estuary | (f)(3) | 67 FR 39720 (PDF)(3 pp, 169 K) | 06-10-2002 | |
| New York | Parts of Hudson River | (f)(3) | 68 FR 58345 (PDF)(2 pp, 69 K) | 10-09-2003 | |
| New York | Hempstead Harbor | (f)(3) | 73 FR 66041 (PDF)(2 pp, 68 K) | 11-06-2008 |  |
| New York | South Shore Estuary Reserve (SSER) | (f)(3) | 74 FR 59177 (PDF)(8 pp, 70 K) | 11-19-2009 |  |
| New York | New York State Canal System | (f)(3) | 75 FR 29757 (PDF)(3 pp, 151 K) | 05-27-2010 |  |
| New York | Long Island Sound | (f)(3) | 76 FR 55668 (PDF)(6 pp, 162 K) | 09-08-2011 |  |
| New York | Jamaica Bay | (f)(3) | 76 FR 66927 (PDF)(3 pp, 152 K) | 10-28-2011 |  |
| New York | Lake Ontario | (f)(3) | 76 FR 78253(4 pp, 155 K) | 12-16-2011 |  |
| New York | NY State area of Lake Erie | (f)(3) | 79 FR 35347 (PDF)(5 pp, 207 K) | 06-20-2014 |  |
| New York | Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Complex | (f)(3) | 73 FR 66042 (PDF)(2 pp, 175 K) | 11-06-2008 |  |
| North Carolina | New Hanover County | (f)(3) | 75 FR 7590 (PDF)(2 pp, 148 K) | 02-22-2010 | |
| North Carolina | Brunswick and Pender Counties and the Saline Waters of the Cape Fear River in Brunswick and New Hanover Counties | (f)(3) | 75 FR 35024 (PDF)(2 pp, 52 K) | 06-21-2010 | |
| Rhode Island | Great Salt Pond, Block Island | (f)(3) | 58 FR 31202 (PDF) (1 pg, 37 K) | 06-01-1993 |  |
| Rhode Island | All within 3 mile territorial limit. | (f)(3) | 63 FR 42633 (PDF)(2 pp, 150 K) | 08-10-1998 | |
| Texas | 24 Freshwater bodies | (f)(3) | 42 FR 59776 (PDF) (3 pp, 37 K) | 11-21-1977 |  |
| Texas | Clear Lake | (f)(3) |
(1 pg, 51 K)
|
02-06-1995 | |
| Vermont | All (including parts of Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog) | (f)(3) | 40 FR 42240 (PDF)(1 pg, 32 K) | 09-11-1975 | n/a |
| Virginia | Smith Mountain Lake | (f)(3) | 65 FR 61166 (PDF)(3 pp, 250 K) | 10-16-2000 |  |
| Virginia | Lynnhaven River | (f)(3) | 72 FR 7875 (PDF)(2 pp, 176 K) | 02-21-2007 |  |
| Virginia | Broad Creek, Jackson Creek and Fishing Bay | (f)(3) | 74 FR 42070 (PDF)(4 pp, 176 K) | 08-20-2009 |  |
| Wisconsin | All (except Lake Superior, Mississippi River, part St. Croix River) | (f)(3) | 41 FR 11875 (PDF) (1 pg, 32 K) | 03-22-1976 |  |
| State | Waterbody | Designation Type (CWA Section 312) |
Federal Register Notice | Date | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California / Nevada | Lake Tahoe – portions in CA and NV | (f)(3) | 42 FR 59105 (PDF)(1 pp, 35 K, About PDF) | 11-15-1977 | n/a |
| Kentucky / Tennessee | Dale Hollow Lake – portions in KY and TN | (f)(3) | 71 FR 58393 (PDF)(2 pp, 178 K, About PDF) | 10-03-2006 | |
| Minnesota / Wisconsin | Saint Croix River – portions in MN and WI | (f)(3) | 61 FR 30868 (PDF)(2 pp, 109 K, About PDF) |
06-18-1996 |
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| 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, About PDF) | 03-04-1999 | |
| South Carolina / Georgia | Lake Hartwell – portions in SC and GA | (f)(3) | 62 FR 22943 (PDF)(2 pp, 109 K, About PDF) | 04-28-1997 | |
| Utah / Arizona | Lake Powell – portions in UT and AZ | (f)(3) | 65 FR 56577 (PDF)(2 pp, 246 K, About PDF) | 09-19-2000 | n/a |