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This action is for the development of regulations by the EPA to implement the Clean Boating Act (Public Law 110-288), which was signed by the President on July 29, 2008. The Clean Boating Act amends section 402 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) to exclude recreational vessels from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting requirements. In addition, it adds a new CWA section 312(o) directing EPA to develop regulations that identify the discharges incidental to the normal operation of recreational vessels (other than a discharge of sewage) for which it is reasonable and practicable to develop management practices to mitigate adverse impacts on waters of the United States. The regulations also need to include those management practices, including performance standards for each such practice. Following promulgation of the EPA performance standards, the new CWA section 312(o) directs the U.S. Coast Guard to promulgate regulations governing the design, construction, installation, and use of the management practices. Following promulgation of the U.S. Coast Guard regulations, the Clean Boating Act prohibits a discharge incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel in waters of the United States extending to the seaward limit of waters of the contiguous zone (i.e., 12 miles from shore), unless the vessel owner or operator is using any applicable management practices meeting the EPA-developed performance standards.