Recreational Boating Act 2007

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  1. Tue., Jun. 5, 2007 6:45 PM    link Bryan S. | Darien, IL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  3. Tue., Jun. 5, 2007 7:16 PM    link Glenn S. | Reddick, FL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  5. Tue., Jun. 5, 2007 8:03 PM    link Ray R. | Gibsonton, FL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  7. Tue., Jun. 5, 2007 8:51 PM    link William S. | Crete, IL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  9. Tue., Jun. 5, 2007 9:15 PM    link Jason L. | Zanesville, OH

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  11. Tue., Jun. 5, 2007 9:24 PM    link David S. | oxford, AR

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  13. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 12:20 AM    link Robert L. | Yuma, AZ

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  15. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 2:11 AM    link Jon t. | Libertyville, IL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  17. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 4:48 AM    link rick m. | Port St Lucie, FL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  19. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 7:11 AM    link Jim S. | Woodbridge, VA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  21. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 7:49 AM    link Jonathan J. | Dublin, OH

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  23. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 7:58 AM    link Onassis P. | Gales Ferry, CT

    In reference to: Recreational Boating Act 2007

    If something is not done, recreational boaters (local ones) who remain solely in our indigenous waters could not possibly pick up invasive species from foreign countries...THIS would be a PENALTY to GOOD BOATERS and is terrible.

    Question, if I reside lakeside in which my boat is docked and that boat is solely for THAT LAKE ALONE...am I to be penalized for this silly law?????

    **** Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” **** which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  25. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 8:06 AM    link Mark M. | Collinsville, IL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  27. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 8:34 AM    link Joseph E. | Burlington, NJ

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  29. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 8:40 AM    link Richard B. | Meridian, MS

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  31. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 8:50 AM    link Karl F. | Clinton, IA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  33. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 9:26 AM    link Roger M. | Springfield, MO

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  35. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 9:48 AM    link Daniel K. | Richmond, VA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  37. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 10:21 AM    link Wayne C. | Monett, MO

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  39. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 11:13 AM    link Charles R. A. | Owasso, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  41. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 11:19 AM    link Dana B. | Loudon, TN

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  43. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 11:20 AM    link Dwain B. | Siloam Springs, AR

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  45. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 11:31 AM    link John O. | Channahon, IL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  47. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 11:43 AM    link Trenton W. | Bristow, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  49. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 11:58 AM    link Ralph R. | Dillsburg, PA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  51. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 12:02 PM    link Shawn G. | Gustine, TX

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  53. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 12:15 PM    link Kyle M. | Clinton, IA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  55. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 12:25 PM    link Jeff T. | Grove, OK

    This is Rediculous. I encourage everyone to support this appeal even if you don't own a boat. Boaters bring alot of money to many towns in this country. This would stop this cash flow all together.

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  57. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 12:31 PM    link Michael S. | Southampton, NJ

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  59. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 1:05 PM    link Herbert A. | Ponca City, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  61. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 2:19 PM    link Dale J. | Wichita, KS

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  63. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 2:25 PM    link Robert B. | Stillwater, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  65. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 2:55 PM    link Richard G. | Springfield, VA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  67. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 3:24 PM    link Wayne B. | Cordova, TN

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  69. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 3:33 PM    link michael a. | broken arrow, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  71. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 3:33 PM    link Jackie J. | Northport, AL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  73. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 3:34 PM    link michael a. | broken arrow, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  75. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 3:37 PM    link Michael H. | Stanhope, NJ

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  77. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 4:08 PM    link Robert P. | No. Easton, MA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  79. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 4:47 PM    link Don H. | Pittsburgh, PA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  81. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 4:54 PM    link Michael T. | Brockton, MA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  83. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 4:57 PM    link William E. | Richmond, VA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  85. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 5:01 PM    link Craig D. | Central Square, NY

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  87. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 5:04 PM    link david c. | broken arrow, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  89. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 5:31 PM    link David F. | West Warwick, RI

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  91. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 5:32 PM    link Kelly B. | Mcloud, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.


    P.S. Please Sir's & Madame, I have voted for you all ! ! !And intend to do so in the future , but the "republican " party as a whole have really been letting Patriotic Conservative Americans Down latlely , please do what is right on this one ! Kelly Bales

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  93. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 6:18 PM    link john s. | lancaster, PA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  95. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 8:26 PM    link James M. | Tulsa, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  97. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 8:47 PM    link MIchael C. | Schaumburg, IL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure or recreation boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Please do not ignore this request and take immediate action to ensure the future of recreational boating is preserved.

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  99. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 9:10 PM    link Mike O. | blackwell, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  101. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 9:52 PM    link Dr. Ronald P. | Hammonton, NJ

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  103. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 10:24 PM    link William R. | Collinsville, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  105. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 11:17 PM    link Jeff H. | Sealy, TX

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  107. Wed., Jun. 6, 2007 11:38 PM    link betty w. | Davenport, FL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  109. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 3:17 AM    link daniel b. | Disputanta, VA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  111. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 3:21 AM    link Donnie K. | Warsaw, KY

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  113. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 5:43 AM    link Kevin B. | Cape Fair, MO

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  115. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 6:14 AM    link john b. | wenonah, NJ

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  117. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 6:17 AM    link Jerry D. | Broken Bow., OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  119. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 6:43 AM    link Anthony S. | Fairfield, PA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  121. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 7:37 AM    link Jere L. | Loxahatchee, FL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  123. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 7:42 AM    link Lee S. | Everett, WA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  125. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 8:29 AM    link Garry G. | Collierville, TN

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  127. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 8:39 AM    link Gary t. | Covington, GA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  129. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 9:00 AM    link RODNEY S. | PRYOR, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  131. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 9:22 AM    link Richard S. | Hancock, NH

    I'm writing to ask for you to support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for recrational watercraft to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  133. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 9:35 AM    link Dale C. | Omaha, NE

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  135. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 10:30 AM    link Raymond P. | Windber, PA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  137. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 10:41 AM    link David D. | Covington, KY

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  139. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 12:56 PM    link Roy B. | Hollidaysburg, PA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  141. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 1:01 PM    link Pamela T. | Greer, SC

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  143. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 1:20 PM    link Richard P. | La Conner, WA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  145. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 1:23 PM    link mike d. | Dayton, OH

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act. THE US GOVERNMENT IS NO LONGER WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN CITIZENS! OUR GOVERNMENT IS A DISGRACE TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE CONSTITUTION!

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  147. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 1:24 PM    link mike d. | Dayton, OH

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  149. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 1:30 PM    link Ellis S. | Tuscaloosa, AL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  151. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 1:31 PM    link Kandace B. | Fair Oaks, CA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  153. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 3:27 PM    link Kenneth G. | Avon, IN

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  155. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 3:33 PM    link babe M. | chandler, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  157. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 3:36 PM    link Michael M. | Madison, AL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  159. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 3:43 PM    link Glen H. | Broken Bow, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  161. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 3:43 PM    link Glen H. | Broken Bow, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  163. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 3:58 PM    link Charles R. | Cape May, NJ

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  165. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 4:35 PM    link Tracy E. | Tulsa, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  167. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 5:30 PM    link Bradley H. | Eclectic, AL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  169. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 6:40 PM    link jeff d. | ponca city, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  171. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 6:46 PM    link David C. | Barberton, OH

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  173. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 8:20 PM    link Robert E. | Park Hill, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  175. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 9:31 PM    link Charles F. | Salem, OH

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  177. Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 10:11 PM    link bruce E. | Hodges Sc 29653, SC

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  179. Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 12:04 AM    link Kevin B. | North Royalton, OH

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  181. Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 12:08 AM    link tim n. | chester, VA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  183. Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 12:33 AM    link david h. | Chesterfield, VA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  185. Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 1:21 AM    link Lowell L. | Braidwood, IL

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  187. Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 4:01 AM    link William S. | Westminster, SC

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  189. Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 4:38 AM    link William B. | Summerville, SC

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  191. Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 7:32 AM    link William K. | Cataula, GA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  193. Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 8:08 AM    link Michael M. | INola, OK

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  195. Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 8:11 AM    link Roger B. | Winfield, KS

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  197. Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 8:14 AM    link Jonathon C. | gulfport, MS

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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  199. Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 10:28 AM    link Darryl J. | Flowery Branch, GA

    Please support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007” which restores the exemption for pleasure boats to EPA regulations covering commercial shipping’s ballast water discharge in U.S. waters. Unless this 34-year-old EPA exemption – which was thrown out by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals in Sept. 2006 – is reinstated, 18 million recreational boats will be required to have expensive EPA permits by September, 2008.

    The cost of these permits will have the effect of stopping the use of most recreational boats and will kill an industry, throwing hundreds of thousands of people out of work, and will keep boat owners from enjoying their leisure time, to say nothing of denying them their property rights.

    The EPA, environment groups, NMMA, and all boaters support the “Recreational Boating Act of 2007.”

    Thank you for your support of this Act.

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