Nevada Revised Statutes Title 43. Public Safety; Vehicles; Watercraft § 488.320. Use of approved marine sanitation device required; unlawful to discharge sewage; regulations; penalties

(a) Is designed to prevent the overboard discharge of treated and untreated sewage; or

(b) Is adequately secured to prevent the overboard discharge of treated and untreated sewage.

(a) That it determines are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section; and

(b) Establishing a schedule of civil penalties for various violations of this section and those regulations.

(a) Is guilty of a misdemeanor; and

(b) In addition to any criminal penalty, is subject to:

(a) “Discharge” means to spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty or dump sewage into the water.

(b) “Marine sanitation device” means a toilet facility which is installed on board a vessel and which is designed to receive, retain, treat or discharge sewage, and any process to treat that sewage. The term does not include portable devices which are designed to be carried onto and off of a vessel.

(c) “Sewage” means wastes from the human body and wastes from toilets or other receptacles, including marine sanitation devices, designed to receive or retain wastes from the human body.

(d) “Vessel” includes any watercraft or structure floating on the water, whether or not capable of self-locomotion, including houseboats, barges and similar structures.