{"id":892,"date":"2015-04-17T16:47:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T20:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=638"},"modified":"2020-03-27T17:49:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T17:49:34","slug":"kentuckys-litter-laws","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/kentuckys-litter-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Boating Litter Laws and Waste Disposal in Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/09\/BOATsmart-US-State-Banners-Kentucky.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1258 size-full\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/09\/BOATsmart-US-State-Banners-Kentucky.png\" alt=\"Header graphic for Kentucky's litter laws and waste disposal regulations\" width=\"1500\" height=\"112\" data-original-set=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/09\/BOATsmart-US-State-Banners-Kentucky.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/09\/BOATsmart-US-State-Banners-Kentucky-300x22.png 300w, https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/09\/BOATsmart-US-State-Banners-Kentucky-1024x76.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Litter Laws in Kentucky<\/h2>\n<p>Accoring to Kentucky state litter laws, it is illegal to discharge raw sewage into any public waters.<\/p>\n<p>All boats that are equipped with a marine toilet must also be equipped with a Type I, II or III Marine Sanitation Device (MSD) when they are operating on public waters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/EnvironmentalResposibilityHeroHeroScaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-285\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/EnvironmentalResposibilityHeroHeroScaled.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of litter in a waterway, violating litter laws in the state of Kentucky. \" width=\"704\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/EnvironmentalResposibilityHeroHeroScaled.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/EnvironmentalResposibilityHeroHeroScaled-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/EnvironmentalResposibilityHeroHeroScaled-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Treated sewage may be discharged into designated legal &#8216;Discharge Zone&#8217; waters, which are Barkley and Kentucky lakes, Lake Cumberland, Dale Hollow or any of the major river systems. When a boat is operating on &#8216;No Discharge Zone&#8217; waters, their Type I or II MSDs must be sealed or locked.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on boating regulations that apply on Kentucky state waterways, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/fw.ky.gov\/FishBoatGuide\/Pages\/Boating.aspx\">Kentuckty Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources<\/a> webiste.<\/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":[129,247,254],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Litter Laws and Waste Disposal Regulations in Kentucky<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Litter laws and waste disposal laws for boaters in the state of Kentucky, including marine sanitation device (MSD) requirements and no discharge zones\" \/>\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\/kentuckys-litter-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Litter Laws and Waste Disposal Regulations in Kentucky\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Litter laws and waste disposal laws for boaters in the state of Kentucky, including marine sanitation device (MSD) requirements and no discharge zones\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/kentuckys-litter-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BOATsmart! 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