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Biden administration boating proposal would be ‘greatest regulatory overreach’ of its kind, critics warn
Fo News ^ | Dec. 15, 2022 | Douglas Kennedy

Posted on 12/15/2022 11:30:18 AM PST by libstripper

"This would be the greatest regulatory overreach in American maritime law" – that’s how Frank Hugelmeyer describes a proposal by the Biden administration to limit the speed of all motorboats over 35 feet from Florida to Massachusetts. "Not only are they creating a serious safety issue, they are creating a massive negative economic impact."

Hugelmeyer is president of the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), and he is just one of a growing number of voices expressing outrage over the proposal put forward by the U.S. Commerce Department under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; boats; fo; fonews; overreach; speedlimits
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To: libstripper

They don’t care. They want us destitute and dependent.


21 posted on 12/15/2022 1:40:36 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Integrityingovt

Facts have nothing to do with legislation! They just get in the way.


22 posted on 12/15/2022 1:41:22 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Wealthy people who include many of their big donors.


23 posted on 12/15/2022 1:44:49 PM PST by libstripper
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To: libstripper

Next, regulation of small fishing boats.

For the children. or the whales or something stupid.


24 posted on 12/15/2022 1:49:22 PM PST by Texas resident (Who is running our country?)
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To: libstripper
Where's the data that shows whale strikes by boats are....how many? And who's reporting these whale strikes? The boat owners? This is total Bullsh*t....FJB
25 posted on 12/15/2022 2:17:50 PM PST by wardamneagle
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To: libstripper

I wondered what the Biden administration stooge crew at before the went to bed very spicy chili it’s the only reason the can come up with such stupid ideas.


26 posted on 12/15/2022 2:45:43 PM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: wardamneagle

You hit a whale at high speed and the bottom will be split wide open.


27 posted on 12/15/2022 3:23:40 PM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: Vaduz

That’s nothing. Here in Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer said we couldn’t boat with others unless we were related and cohabitation partners during COVID.


28 posted on 12/15/2022 3:23:51 PM PST by Michigan Bowhunter
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To: rktman

I see what you did there... HAHA!


29 posted on 12/15/2022 3:32:17 PM PST by 1FreeAmerican
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To: Boogieman

GPS Trackers will be required.


30 posted on 12/15/2022 3:34:09 PM PST by 1FreeAmerican
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To: subterfuge

Actually none in FL.

Link to proposed map - shows existing and new proposed.

https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2022-07/Proposed_Seasonal_Speed_Zones_and_Current_Seasonal_Management_Areas_Map_508.pdf


31 posted on 12/15/2022 3:39:20 PM PST by 1FreeAmerican
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To: libstripper

BIL is in NC and fishes almost weekly out of Hatteras - owns a 42’ Bertram.

I asked him about this and I might as well have lit up a stick of dynamite - with no fuse!


32 posted on 12/15/2022 3:44:04 PM PST by 1FreeAmerican
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To: Integrityingovt; Boogieman

>>No, it’s a voluntary installation

AIS is not voluntary for most commercial ships. See the U.S.C.G. regulations below

https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/ais-requirements


33 posted on 12/15/2022 8:49:37 PM PST by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

Gretchen Whitmer is full on crazy she proves it with her actions.


34 posted on 12/16/2022 6:50:48 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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