Feds give $1 million from Clean Vessel Act Pump-out Program

HONOLULU (AP) _ The state has received one (m) million dollars in federal funds to help reduce pollution and sewage in small board harbors on Kauai and Maui.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources says the money comes from the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service Clean Vessel Act Pump-out Grant Program.
The funds will be used to design and construct pump-out improvements at Kauai's Port Allen and Maui's Maalaea Small Boat Harbor.
Some of the money will be used to educate boaters about the importance of proper waste disposal and the consequences of improper disposal.
In an effort to reduce pollution from vessel sewage discharges, Congress passed the Clean Vessel Act in 1992 to establish the grant program administered by the service.