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Harbor committee weighs mandatory dye tablets, pumpout logs and whether to pursue bylaw or regulation
Summary
At its March 17 meeting, the Nantucket Harbor Plan Committee discussed making dye (flourescent) tablets mandatory for visiting vessels, adding a dye‑tablet field to pumpout logs, and whether the requirement should be placed in a town bylaw or a regulation enforceable by the Marine Department.
The Nantucket Harbor Plan Committee spent a large portion of its March 17 meeting discussing whether the town should require dye tablets for boats, strengthen documentation of pumpouts and place the requirement in a bylaw or a regulation.
Committee members framed the change as a means to protect shellfish beds and to give harbor authorities stronger enforcement tools in a federally designated no‑discharge zone. Members said mandatory dye tablets and pumpout logs could speed detection of illegal discharges near moorings and shellfish beds and provide documentary evidence for enforcement actions.
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