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Radio and EPIRB Procedures/Marine Emergency Distress . . . . . ... 22 AccidentReporting................................ 23 False Search and Rescue Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... 23 Required Equipment General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... 24 Sailboats and Manually Propelled Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... 24 Motorboats Less Than 16 Feet in Length . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 25 Motorboats 16 Feet to Less Than 26 Feet in Length . . . . . . . . .... 26 Motorboats 26 Feet to Less Than 40 Feet in Length . . . . . . . . .... 31 Motorboats40Feetto65FeetinLength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 LifeJackets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. 32 UnderwaterManeuveringDevices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Life Jacket Labels Have Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 34 FireExtinguishers................................. 36 Muffling Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ 37 VentilationSystems................................ 38 Two-Stroke Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... 38 Backfire Flame Control Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... 39 RunningLights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 40 AnchorLights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 41 Visual Distress-Signaling Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 42 Marine Sanitation Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... 44 Green Boating Guidelines BoaterResponsibility............................... 46 B o at M ainte nan ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OilandGas......................................47 BilgeCare....................................... 48 OilyWasteDischargePlacard .......................... 48 AquaticInvasiveSpecies ............................. 49 Restrictions on California’s Waterways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Solid Waste and Marine Debris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Marine Pollution Placard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 HouseholdHazardousWaste ..........................52 Sewage ........................................52 NoDischargeAreas.................................53 Gray water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53........................................................................................ Fish Waste and Management Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 Marine Mammal I n teractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 Marine Protected Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54............................... ProperVesselDisposal...............................55

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