Please Co-Sponsor S. 2766 or H.R. 5949 – they are identical bills – the "Clean Boating Act of 2008." Committees on BOTH houses have PASSED this BI-PARTISAN Legislation!

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  1. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 8:15 PM    link John & Elaine M. | Gloucester City, NJ

  2. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 8:05 PM    link Steve C. | Parker, AZ

    Please add your name to the list. AZ boaters dont discharge much except melted ice.....

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  4. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 8:02 PM    link Steve C. | Parker, AZ

    Sounds like correct thinking. Not much comes off my boat except melted ice...

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  6. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 7:28 PM    link Gary W. | Belle Chasse, LA

    Although I am a nature nut, we really need this exemption for recreational boating. Please be a "Save Boating" Senator.

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  8. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 6:08 PM    link KEV S. | n. shirley, NY

  9. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 5:44 PM    link Mike M. | Evansville, IN

  10. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 5:16 PM    link Blake G. | Virginia Beach, VA

  11. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 4:50 PM    link Robert L. | Dingmans Ferry, PA

  12. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 4:37 PM    link Rick L. | Mesa, AZ

    I know a couple of Democrats came up with this idea; but I don't want to pay for an EPA permit just to take my boat out.

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  14. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 4:17 PM    link Jorge S. | Miami, FL

    If you want my vote, I need you to suport "The Save Boating" same as my Florida Senator Bill Nelson

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  16. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 4:04 PM    link Paul D. | Plymouth, MA

    As a resident of Massachusetts I, like, Senators Kennedy and Kerry spend a great deal of my recreational time boating. I am sure you are both aware of the care with which Massachusetts boaters strive to protect our waters and shoreline. Certainly a millstone would result in many boater having to give up their pasttime.

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  18. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 4:02 PM    link Gregory O. | Orem, UT

  19. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 3:58 PM    link Herb M. | Melbourne, FL

    How can you not vote for this bill. Do you realize how much the boating industry means to Florida

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  21. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 3:57 PM    link Bret G. | Laurel, DE

    PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME AS A CO SPONSOR,WE ARE A BOATING STATE ! THANKS

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  23. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 3:47 PM    link Ken S. | Lenexa, KS

  24. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 3:34 PM    link Alan P. | Maple Grove, MN

    Dear Senators Coleman and Klobuchar,

    If a leftwing stalwart like Barbara Boxer can see the sense in giving the small boater relief from the strong arm of the EPA, certainly Senators who represents a state consistently ranked in the top five of per capita boat registrations can support such a bill.

    Perhaps there is language in this bill or some rider attached to it that makes you hesitant to back it. Then I believe it is incumbent upon our undecided Senators to author a cleaner and more specific bill getting the weight of the EPA off of recreational boaters backs.

    Either way, the EPA and the man-caused Global Climate Change crowd have already done enough to raise the cost of living in this State and this Country with no definitive proof of causality without adding this kind of insult to injury.

    Alan Ploetz
    Maple Grove

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  26. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 3:32 PM    link Alan P. | Maple Grove, MN

    Dear Senators Coleman and Klobuchar,

    If a leftwing stalwart like Barbara Boxer can see the sense in giving the small boater relief from the strong arm of the EPA, certainly Senators who represents a state consistently ranked in the top five of per capita boat registrations can support such a bill.

    Perhaps there is language in this bill or some rider attached to it that makes you hesitant to back it. Then I believe it is incumbent upon our undecided Senators to author a cleaner and more specific bill getting the weight of the EPA off of recreational boaters.

    Either way, the EPA and the man-caused Global Climate Change crowd have already done enough to raise the cost of living in this State and this Country without adding this kind of insult to injury.

    Alan Ploetz
    Maple Grove

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  28. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 3:30 PM    link Alan P. | Maple Grove, MN

    Dear Senators Coleman and Klobachar,

    I realize there is the possibility that your lack of response to this bill thus far may have to do with it having been co-authored by one of the great stalwarts of the left, but if Barbara Boxer can see the sense in giving the small boater relief from the strong arm of the EPA, certainly a Senator who represents a state consistently ranked in the top five of per capita boat registrations can put his support behind such a bill.

    Perhaps there is language in this bill or some rider attached to it that makes you hesitant to back it. Then I believe it is incumbent upon you and perhaps our other undecided Senator to author a cleaner and more specific bill getting the weight of the EPA off of recreational boaters.

    Either way, the EPA and the man-caused Global Climate Change crowd have already done enough to raise the cost of living in this State and this Country without adding this kind of insult to injury.

    Alan Ploetz
    Republican Delegate and Conservative.

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  30. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 3:29 PM    link Alan P. | Maple Grove, MN

    Dear Senator Coleman,

    I realize there is the possibility that your lack of response to this bill thus far may have to do with it having been co-authored by one of the great stalwarts of the left, but if Barbara Boxer can see the sense in giving the small boater relief from the strong arm of the EPA, certainly a Senator who represents a state consistently ranked in the top five of per capita boat registrations can put his support behind such a bill.

    Perhaps there is language in this bill or some rider attached to it that makes you hesitant to back it. Then I believe it is incumbent upon you and perhaps our other undecided Senator to author a cleaner and more specific bill getting the weight of the EPA off of recreational boaters.

    Either way, the EPA and the man-caused Global Climate Change crowd have already done enough to raise the cost of living in this State and this Country without adding this kind of insult to injury.

    Alan Ploetz
    Republican Delegate and Conservative.

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  32. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 3:19 PM    link Richard C. | Millsboro, DE

    Senator Biden,

    I have contacted your office several times about this, but I don't believe I've received a response. Have you just not had time or do you just not care?

    I attended the dinner last night in honor of Sen. Thurman Adams where you spoke. My good friend Sen. Bob Venables was there who is an avid fisherman. Are you simply not willing to protect Sen. Venables' ability to enjoy his hobby? How about the thousands of others of us who are asking for your help?

    At the very least, I would appreciate your response so I know where you stand and that you're actually paying attention.

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  34. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 2:37 PM    link Howard S. | Spicewood, TX

  35. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 2:36 PM    link Doug J. | Bradenton, FL

    I feed my family and pay my mortgage working in the boating business. In today's economy, we can't take any additional regulation which will hinder the boaters of Florida. There are better ways than to add more govenment regulation to our recreation.

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  37. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 1:54 PM    link DICK B. | WILMINGTON, DE

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??? DO YOU NEED TO SEE WHICH WAY THE WIND IS BLOWING?? IT IS GOING TO BLOW US OUT OF THE WATER UNLESS THIS STUPID SITUATION IS RESOLVED. PERHAPS WHEN YOU TAKE SOME TIME OFF FROM POSTURING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS DURING THE HEARINGS AND YOUR EGO GETS UNDER CONTROL, YOU MIGHT FIND TIME TO LOOK AFTER THE LITTLE GUYS AND GALS THAT PAY FOR YOURCOMFORTABLE LIFESTYLE.
    GET BACK TO EARTH AND HELP US!!!
    PS: IT IS BAD ENOUGH WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ETHANOL MESS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE UP OUR FOOD COSTS WHILE MAKING YOUR FAT CAT FRIENDS RICHER. IN ADDITIONAL TO THE HIGHER FUEL COSTS, THE ETHANOL NOW IN OUR MARINE GRADE GASOLINE COST ME PERSONALLY OVER $1000.00 LAST YEAR WHEN IT DESTROYED MUCH OF MY BOAT'S FUEL SYSTEM.

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  39. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 1:16 PM    link Jason K. | Cottage Grove, MN

  40. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 1:11 PM    link Gordon L. | Rocklin, CA

    Is it true you are still undecided on this issue? The pumping of our Northern California to the Central Valley and Southern California has already decimated the California Delta ecosystem, and economically devastated thousands of Salmon fishermen and their families. We have disrupted the balance of nature when the Aquaduct was built, and now it's time we brought "real change"...like requiring So-Cal to build their own reservoirs, and discover "desalinization".

    Now you want to allow the imposition of an additional tax on recreational boat owners by your inaction. Recreational boats do not discharge bilge water, it is the shippers who bring lead filled toys from China. Recreational boaters in California are already taxed to the hilt with our rotten highways beating up our trailers anywhere we tow them.

    Oh well, can I really expect anyone to read this?

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  42. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 1:10 PM    link Gordon L. | Rocklin, CA

    Is it true you are still undecided on this issue? The pumping of our Northern California to the Central Valley and Southern California has already decimated the California Delta ecosystem, and economically devastated thousands of Salmon fishermen and their families. We have disrupted the balance of nature when the Aquaduct was built, and now it's time we brought "real change"...like requiring So-Cal to build their own reservoirs, and discover "desalinization".

    Now you want to allow the imposition of an additional tax on recreational boat owners by your inaction. Recreational boats do not discharge bilge water, it is the shippers who bring lead filled toys from China. Recreational boaters in California are already taxed to the hilt with our rotten highways beating up our trailers anywhere we tow them.

    Oh well, can I really expect anyone to read this?

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  44. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 12:56 PM    link Bruce N. | Houston, TX

  45. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 12:05 PM    link Robert B. | Morris Plains, NJ

  46. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 11:54 AM    link Fernando R. | Aventura, FL

  47. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 11:51 AM    link Randy H. | Bellevue, WA

    Thank you for your support.

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  49. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 11:40 AM    link David Y. | La Crescent, MN

  50. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 11:33 AM    link Ron R. | Manville, NJ

    Try doing something for us for a change!

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  52. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 11:03 AM    link JOHN G. | Osage Beach, MO

  53. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:50 AM    link Jay W. | Shady Shores, TX

  54. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:32 AM    link Dawn M. | Sunrise Beach, MO

    As a boater and an employee of the recreational boating industry, I am fully in support of this bill. Our industry has taken many hits during the current economy, we can't afford yet another economic dis-incentive for recreational boating. The entire Lake of the Ozarks economy is based on recreational boating, many many livelihoods depend on it. Please help keep Missouri recreational boating a viable industry.

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  56. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:32 AM    link Dawn M. | Sunrise Beach, MO

    As a boater and an employee of the recreational boating industry, I am fully in support of this bill. Our industry has taken many hits during the current economy, we can't afford yet another economic dis-incentive for recreational boating. The entire Lake of the Ozarks economy is based on recreational boating, many many livelihoods depend on it. Please help keep Missouri recreational boating a viable industry.

    Sincerely,
    Dawn Merrill
    Sunrise Beach, MO.

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  58. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:24 AM    link STEVE Z. | WATERLOO, IA

  59. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:24 AM    link David B. | Morgantown, WV

    Please allow the many West Virginians who enjoy boating to continue without the prohibitive extra costs & governmental red tape of EPA permits.

    Thank you, ...... from an actively voting WV resident.

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  61. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:24 AM    link Matthew L. | Blanca, CO

    With the rising cost of fuel and other expenditures related to boating and camping, it will be difficult to spend time with FAMILY and friends if another cost comes our way. We use boating during the summer time as a way for our family to stay connected. To keep our children busy during the weekends and holidays. This keeps kids from just hanging out on the streets and possible trouble. If anthor expense comes our way, it will be difficult for this school teacher to keep my kids and their friends from the enjoying time on the water.

    Sincerely,
    Matthew E. Lucero
    Sierra Grande School teacher
    Blanca, Co, 81123

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  63. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:20 AM    link Roger J. | Stanwood, WA

    The boating community is a large portion of your constituancy. GET WITH THE PROGRAM

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  65. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:14 AM    link Jason M. | Anderson, SC

    Please support this. J-

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  67. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:09 AM    link James C. | Norwalk, CT

  68. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:09 AM    link Troy H. | Haslet, TX

  69. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:08 AM    link Donald G. | Herkimer, NY

  70. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:06 AM    link Mike W. | Holland, MI

    I can't think of any pleasure boater who doesn't already love and care for our waterways. They regularly play in and on the waters you want to protect. The current discharge laws are more than enough to deal with what I would call the "few bad apples". An EPA permit will only serve to force more people out of boating, or deter those who may want to join the sport. Lets remember the lessons learned from the days of the luxury tax of the early 90's.

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  72. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:05 AM    link Darin J. | Rochester, MN

    I agree that recreational boaters should be exempt. A very big reason why is that we, as recreational boaters, spend more time "IN" the water and on the water than anyone else. We have respect for the environment we love and we have a vested interest in keeping our waters and boating areas clean. The huge ships and commercial traffic do not use our waterways the same as we do, they don't go swimming with their family and spend time "IN" the water, just on it, so if they have discharges, they are not as concerned as we are...I think recreational boaters are some of the most dedicated conservationists around. We want to protect the environment we love to be in, yes there are some that don't respect this, but that could be said on either side of this dilemma. Make sure you don't destroy an hugely important part of most Americans pass time by forcing permits on an already over taxed population that is about ready to say enough is enough...Boston Tea Party ring any bells!!!!!

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  74. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:00 AM    link Stephen M. | Saint Paul, MN

    I own a boat on the St. Croix River and spend quality time out there with my family and friends. This is a very important bill that needs to be passed.

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  76. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 10:00 AM    link JULES S. | WAYNE, NJ

    Remember what the luxury tax did to the boating industy in N.J. Our state needs the protection of jobs

    and the protection of shore recreational industrys. In this world today, we must encourage consumers

    to spend thier hard earned dollars at the most beautifull state and shore line in AMERICA.

    I am sure you love recreational boating as much as I do.

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  78. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 9:50 AM    link Capt. Don Z. | Hellam, PA

    Potential Heroes: 81

    Are you going to take notice and support S. 2766 so that we boaters, THAT VOTE, will not
    need an EPA permit to go boating.

    Please don't be listed as being against boating, on the fence, or just not tuned in to what is going on? Please join you informed fellow senators and support S. 2766.

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  80. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 9:43 AM    link Jerry K. | Crystal Lake, IL

    As avid boaters on Lake Michigan, we see firsthand the economic impact of the boaters on our coastal communities, including those within Illinois. Please support S. 2766 and help keep boating available as a healthy family pastime. Without this bill I'm sure that many boaters will be left out of the water.

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  82. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 9:43 AM    link James W. | Oviedo, FL

    Please consider the small boater....and the income it brings to the states....with fuel prices so outrageous already...we dont need another expense....

    Thank you,
    Carol Warren

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  84. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 9:39 AM    link Robert E. | Central Square, NY

    Recreational boating has almost become prohibative due to cost (fuel, fees, taxes). I have been boating for years and I have never seen a discharge from a recreational boat that amounted to anything more significant than a spilled soda. Please stop taxing and and permit feeing us into extinction.

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  86. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 9:17 AM    link WIlliam J. | Cape Coral, FL

    Please Co-sponsor the "Clean Boating Act of 2008"
    Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) have just introduced S. 2766, the Clean Boating Act of 2008. S. 2766 would fully and permanently restore a 35-year permit exemption for recreational boat incidental discharges, such as weather deck run-off and engine coolant water, and works to protect the health of the nation's waterways by pursuing whether or not reasonable and practicable best management practices need to be put into place for some incidental discharges.

    Without passage of this bill before Sept. 15, 2008, Americas 12 million boat owners will have to pay for EPA Permits. This added cost could spell doom for recreational boating which will cost thousands of jobs and kill an industry and a once joyous sport.

    Please add your name as a co-sponsor of this bill to save boating as we know it.

    I am very suprised that you are not backing this important issue, I am reminded of a quote from the late Ronald Reagan, "I did not leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me!"

    Well Mr. Martinez, I did not leave the Republican party but it is very clear the Republican is leaving me.

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  88. Wed., Apr. 16, 2008 8:15 AM    link Philip B. | West Islip, NY

  89. Tue., Apr. 15, 2008 10:54 PM    link Mike A. | Maple Valley, WA

    Boating is a big part of the the culture of the PNW so lets take action on passing this important bill.

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  91. Tue., Apr. 15, 2008 9:28 PM    link Joe G. | Fayetteville, NC

    Please save boating, fuel prices are making many of us second guess the sport we love, please do not burden us with more Washington Red Tape. EPA permits sound like a cash cow for the Feds, I am a responsible boat owner and run a clean engine. I have too much money invested in my boat not to maintain my boart.
    I am an avid fisherman and respect the water, adding needless additional permits will only penalize recreational boaters, enforcement should focus on large tanker ships that often spill oil and contaminates in the ocean.

    I am not alone here, please save the boating industry and do not pass this bill.
    thank you,
    Joe Graffagnino
    North Carolina Boater

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  93. Mon., Apr. 14, 2008 4:30 PM    link Doug M. | Alvaton, KY

    As a homebuilder, I have just about had it with the constant regulations brought down on us. This is just another example of our government over reacting to special interest groups. Is it not enough that we are hit with Federal storm water mandates, yet farmers get away scott free. Is it not enough that the federal governments lack of action has allowed oil companies to make billions at the expense of american citizens, which now face exhorbatant cost increases on just about every product we consume. Everything we do is affected by the cost of oil, or some special interest group. We are being mandated to build green, yet we still allow the oil companies and Detroit to manufacture vehicles which use fossil fuels, doesn't that seem a little hypocritical. In short, americans have had it with all the government intervention and pork spending done in Washington.

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  95. Mon., Apr. 14, 2008 10:42 AM    link Kristi R. | Ottawa, IL

  96. Sun., Apr. 13, 2008 4:00 PM    link William J. | Hatfield, PA

  97. Sun., Apr. 13, 2008 12:51 PM    link Charles M. | Omaha,, NE

    I hope you won"t forget people like us, who work hard and play hard when we can. This would just be another bureaucratic mess up if our congress overlooks this.

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  99. Sat., Apr. 12, 2008 3:29 PM    link Theodore B. | La Crosse, WI

    With two of the Great Lakes bordering our state and hundreds of miles of rivers and lakes, it would be terrible to tell people from all walks of life, they can't boat anymore without a permit. Even if everyone went out with a permit, no change would be seen, other than of course you taking more of our money. But maybe that's the real reason anyway???

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  101. Sat., Apr. 12, 2008 12:10 PM    link Anthony S. | Cottage Grove, MN

    I have been boating on the upper Mississippi from St. Paul, MN to the Quad Cities for over 40 years and the state of the river has never been better. This is totally not needed. The boaters I know are all very concientious and abide by all current rules. The legislation as it now stands would put a hardship on many family recreational boaters. Paying for permits for every fresh water and grey water opening on a family runabout, fishing boat or cruiser is ridiculous. To me you would be punishing the people who have been the guardians of the lakes and rivers.

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  103. Sat., Apr. 12, 2008 7:56 AM    link Paul M. | Stafford, VA

    This is insane. This is just another way for the government to get people to pay extra money. We have been way over taxed and this needs to stop. Now they are coming up with ways to make people pay for good family actives. Soon, I can see a bill for having ceiling fans in your house or how about having a radio in your car. The sounds that come form the radio must be destroying the earth.

    Thanks

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  105. Sat., Apr. 12, 2008 12:44 AM    link MARK T. | PORT ARANSAS, TX

    I am a recreational boater and I also hold a U.S. Coast Guard Masters License. I have been boating for over 40 years.
    As a taxpayer and registered voter in the Great State of Texas I ask you to support this act to exempt recreational boaters from EPA permits. Please remember that oil, raw sewage, hazardous pollutants and garbage are already regulated and this exemption would not change those reglations.

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  107. Sat., Apr. 12, 2008 12:41 AM    link MARK T. | PORT ARANSAS, TX

    I am a recreational boater and I also hold a U.S. Coast Guard Masters License. I have been boating for over 40 years.
    As a taxpayer and registered voter in the Great State of Texas I ask you to support this act to exempt recreational boaters from EPA permits. Please remember that oil, raw sewage, hazardous pollutants and garbage are already regulated and this exemption would not change those reglations.

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  109. Fri., Apr. 11, 2008 3:23 PM    link Charles H. | Rocky mount, MO

    I seems to me that the Clean Boating Act of 2008. S 2766 is a reasonable approach to recreational boat discharge. Please Join Senator Boxer, Senator Nelson and others in support of this bill.

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  111. Fri., Apr. 11, 2008 7:30 AM    link george h. | Flemington, NJ

  112. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 5:27 PM    link Robin G. | HAMBURG, NY

    We are taxed enough.....I work 60 hours a week to make a living and now I'll have to pay for an EPA permit to spend time with my family on the boat? Come on....you were all elected to make things better! NOT find new ways to create a new tax. How about living up to some of those campaign promises???!!! This seems like a good place to start.

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  114. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 1:49 PM    link Mike B. | Menomonee Falls, WI

    Please don't let his happen. With the already escalating gas prices, don't allow boating to get yet more expensive. Wisconsin is a hot bed for recreational boaters and very little commercial boating. Help keep Wisconsin residents boating recreation away from EPA guidelines that were meant for Commercial operators.

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  116. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 12:52 PM    link Steven L. | Scottsdale, AZ

    Dear John McCain,
    If you want my Presidential vote, then you must vote for the Clean Boating Act of 2008
    Steven A. Lambrecht

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  118. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 12:47 PM    link RON S. | MANITOU SPRINGS, CO

    JOHN, WHY ARE YOU ON THE UNDECIDED LIST?? THERE ARE A LOT OF BOATERS WHO VOTE!!!!

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  120. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 12:05 PM    link RON S. | MANITOU SPRINGS, CO

    WAYNE, WHY ARE YOU STILL ON THE FENCE ON THIS ISSUE, I WOULD THINK THE DEMOCRATS WOULD BE THE PROBLEM? IF YOU WANT ANYMORE VOTES FROM MY FAMILY AND CIRCLE, YOU NEED TO SUPPORT THIS BILL. WHAT IS YOUR LOGIC SINCE IT EFFECTS ALL THE SMALL RECREATIONAL BOATERS. TYPICAL GOVERNMENT . . . ONE SIZE FITS ALL!!!

    RON SPRAGGINS, CCIM
    PRESIDENT OF COMMONWEALTH 685-4300

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  122. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 12:05 PM    link RON S. | MANITOU SPRINGS, CO

    WAYNE, WHY ARE YOU STILL ON THE FENCE ON THIS ISSUE, I WOULD THINK THE DEMOCRATS WOULD BE THE PROBLEM? IF YOU WANT ANYMORE VOTES FROM MY FAMILY AND CIRCLE, YOU NEED TO SUPPORT THIS BILL. WHAT IS YOUR LOGIC SINCE IT EFFECTS ALL THE SMALL RECREATIONAL BOATERS. TYPICAL GOVERNMENT . . . ONE SIZE FITS ALL!!!

    RON SPRAGGINS, CCIM
    PRESIDENT OF COMMONWEALTH 685-4300

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  124. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 10:44 AM    link Jane V. | Fairport, NY

    Please take into account that a great majority of the people you represent are recreational boaters. WE, as a group, contribute a great amount of income to the New York state economy, through park fees, fuel, and taxes, to mention just a few. We are begging you to hear our plea and co-sponsor the clean boating act of 2008. If this bill does not pass, it will KILL the recreational boating industry, as the average boater will not be able to afford this unnecessary permit to continue boating on our many freshwater lakes and rivers.
    Please....take the time to co-sponsor this very important bill. Time is running out.

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  126. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 10:17 AM    link Richard C. | Auburn, CA

    Please get off the fence and make a decision to support recreational boaters in the USA.

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  128. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 7:49 AM    link Stephen & Carolyn E. | Logan, IA

    I have been a recreational boater for 32 years and feel very strongly about passage of this bill. Please support and vote for the Clean Boating Act of 2008. Boating has become increasingly difficult to afford with the increase in fuel and insurance costs. Getting the EPA involved is not the right thing to do at this time. Boaters and boat manufacturers have done a lot to better our enviroment.

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  130. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 7:48 AM    link Stephen & Carolyn E. | Logan, IA

    I have been a recreational boater for 32 years and feel very strongly about passage of this bill. Please support and vote for the Clean Boating Act of 2008. Boating has become increasingly difficult to afford with the increase in fuel and insurance costs. Getting the EPA involved is not the right thing to do at this time. Boaters and boat manufacturers have done a lot to better our enviroment.

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  132. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 7:46 AM    link Stephen & Carolyn E. | Logan, IA

    I have been a recreational boater for 32 years and feel very strongly about passage of this bill. Without this exemption Please support and vote for the Clean Boating Act of 2008. Boating has become increasingly difficult to afford with the increase in fuel and insurance costs. Getting the EPA involved is not the right thing to do at this time. Boaters and boat manufacturers have done a lot to better our enviroment.

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  134. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 7:26 AM    link Jeff M. | Celina, OH

    With our economy already demanding more of our personal income for fuel and everything that depends on it, asking us to spend money on unnecesary and ineffective bureaucracy makes no sense. Boaters are more conscious of and do more for the environment than most other groups. Please pass this bill!

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  136. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 4:47 AM    link William G. | Milford, CT

  137. Thu., Apr. 10, 2008 2:20 AM    link Will D. | Ladson, SC

  138. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 10:51 PM    link Kelly F. | Pataskala, OH

  139. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 9:49 PM    link Ed C. | Bozeman, MT

    As a Montanan I was surprised to see you are listed as not supporting boating. I assume that was a mistake as you know boating is important to Montanans.

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  141. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 8:55 PM    link david j. | chaffee, MO

  142. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 7:55 PM    link Randy W. | Trussville, AL

  143. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 7:31 PM    link James D. | Dayton, OH

    Senator Brown, I along with a large number of boaters on Lake Erie and the Ohio River, not to mention the lakes and otherways in Ohio, would greatly appreciate your support of S. 2766. As a recreational boater, not supporting this legislation would continue to put more and more burden on the recreational boaters in Ohi and around the nation...........and for no reason. The bill that this one is to correct is meant to fix the problem of ships from foreign nations from backwashing their bilge in our waters in the Great Lakes, and therefore keep them from polluting our waterways with chemical and biological pollutants, not to punish the recreational boater who takes his family out on a weekend to enjoy the sun and the water. Not passing this bill will be just one more blow to the recreational boater and the industry.

    Please support S. 2766

    Thank you,

    Sincerely,

    Dr. Jim Davis
    Coroner, Montgomery County, Ohio

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  145. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 7:27 PM    link b.j. r. | va.beach, VA

    boating is verry important to the state of virginia.
    please support the boaters of va,

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  147. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 7:14 PM    link Al S. | Nashville, TN

    Mr Alexander, Mr Corker and Mr. Cooper,

    As fellow Tennesseans, you all know that our state is blessed with a tremendous number of Lakes and other beautiful Waterways. The boaters that enjoy those watersheds are good people and treat those watersheds as their very own. WE DO NOT NEED any more Permits or Stickers to understand and enforce our own management of these watersheds with respect to pollution. These programs are nothing more than an attempt to secure a new revenue source to be mis-appropriated or misused by the Government Agencies. NO more taxes/fees/etc. Please. Thanks

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  149. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 6:24 PM    link charles m. | Davison, MI

  150. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 5:18 PM    link Rick P. | Lincoln, NE

    If you do not pass this bill, what's next? Perhaps you could require EPA permits for each and every automobile in the US -- after all, they all have the potential to leak gasoline, oil, and other fluids onto the ground where rainfall and snowmelt would cause the runoff to pollute the very same waters we are trying to protect. That is a much larger problem than the recreational boaters!

    PLEASE, do the right thing, PASS THIS BILL!

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  152. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 3:19 PM    link John D. | lynn, MA

    Enough fee's already, American's are already struggling with the high cost of Oil and Gas and here in the North East it's out of control......don't take away our right to boating by making it more costly.

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  154. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 2:51 PM    link Robert M. | Casper, WY

    Surely another freedom item that I spent 9 years serving my country will not be taken away.

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  156. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 2:46 PM    link PAUL C. | Louisa, VA

    I DO NOT WANT THE EPA INVOLVED IN MY FISHING.
    ITS A GREAT AMERICAN PAST TIME.
    NOT A SOURCE OF REVENUE.

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  158. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 2:46 PM    link john c. | miami, FL

  159. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 2:45 PM    link carol h. | falmouth, MA

    As a lifelong member of the Cape Cod boating community I trust that you understand that the elimination of this exemption would represent an enormous burden to thousands of your constituents.I am sure that it is not in anyones' interest to destroy recreational boating in this country.Please support this bill.Thank you for your consideration and your outstanding service to our country.

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  161. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 2:03 PM    link Frank H. | Indian River, MI

  162. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 1:51 PM    link John W. | Franklin, WI

    Please don't add complications and added cost to something which works so well. Boaters already pay boating license fees and launch fees. Incidental discharges from boats are too small to warrent regulation.

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  164. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 1:42 PM    link Michael M. | East Longmeadow, MA

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. I grew up boating with my family at an early age, and as it turns out, those were some of my best memories as a young child. With rising fuel and insurance costs, it's already very difficult to give our 9 month old daughter the chance to enjoy similar experiences. Please don't make it any harder for the average family to enjoy the beauty of being on the water. Thank you for your time...

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  166. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 1:30 PM    link Scott R. | Lakewood, OH

  167. Wed., Apr. 9, 2008 1:27 PM    link paul c. | Auburn, NY

    totaly unfair to me and others as a recreational boater just another fee imposed on me along with the nys canal system restoring thier user fee enough now!

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