{"id":886,"date":"2015-04-17T16:20:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T20:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=675"},"modified":"2015-12-14T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T15:32:57","slug":"tennessees-muffler-requirements-and-litter-laws","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/tennessees-muffler-requirements-and-litter-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee&#8217;s Muffler Requirements and Litter Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tennessee&#8217;s Muffler and Noise Level Laws<\/h2>\n<p>In Tennessee, the engines of all motorized boats must have an effective muffling system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additionally:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The use of cut-outs is illegal.<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturers may not sell boats which do not meet the noise level requirements.<\/li>\n<li>The noise level of a motorized boat may not exceed 86 decibels at 50 feet or more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tennessee&#8217;s Waste Disposal Laws<\/h2>\n<p>Discharging untreated sewage into public water is prohibited in Tennessee. It is illegal to operate a boat which is capable of discharging untreated sewage.<\/p>\n<p>Public waters are classified as either \u201cDischarge Zones\u201d or as \u201cNo Discharge Zones\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDischarge Zones\u201d include:<\/strong> Barkley, Caulderwood, Cheatham, Chickamauga, Cordell Hull, Cumberland River, Ft. Loudon, Kentucky, McKellar, Melton Hill, Mississippi River, Nickajack, Old Hickory, Pickwick, Reelfoot, South Holston, Tellico, Tennessee River, and Watts Bar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNo Discharge Zones\u201d include:<\/strong> Beech River Lakes, Boone, Center Hill, Cherokee, Chilhowee, Dale Hollow, Douglas, Ft. Patrick Henry, Great Falls, J. Percy Priest, Lake Graham, Nolichucky, Normandy, Norris, Ocoee 1, 2, and 3, Tims Ford, Watauga, Wilbur, and Woods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Marinas and docks operating on public water must provide a sewage removal service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[7],"article-tag":[83,129,153,198,247,267],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tennessee&#039;s Muffler Requirements and Litter Laws<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about Tennessee&#039;s requirements for mufflers and noise levels, as well as littler laws and waste disposal requirements for boaters.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/tennessees-muffler-requirements-and-litter-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tennessee&#039;s Muffler Requirements and Litter Laws\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn about Tennessee&#039;s requirements for mufflers and noise levels, as well as littler laws and waste disposal requirements for boaters.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/tennessees-muffler-requirements-and-litter-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BOATsmart! 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