HB255 Implementation Update

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Just so you know - I live in AZ and have a boat registered there. I have paid my $20 fee. Thanks to all of you who registered and participated in raising funds to continue to keep Quagga Mussels from spreading any further. If we can stop them from escaping from the Colorado river reservoirs and contain them in place, we will all be better off.

I see the AIS technicians work the ramps everyday to stop the spread. It takes a lot of time and money to fight this battle. Thanks for your support. WG
 
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I still do not see, within the verbiage of HB255, that a boat that is registered, stored, and launched in Arizona (Wahweap & Stateline) can be forced to pay $20 to Utah. There is lots of lake within Arizona, The Dam, Antelope Canyon, Navajo Canyon, etc........that is NOT in Utah. They can't actually enforce it at Powell, since it is straddling both states.
I do completely agree, for other lakes in Utah, there is no escaping the new $20 fee.
 
Went to Starvation reservoir over the weekend. In preparation i took the test, printed the form as well as paid and registered my boat. I got to the station with all my paper work in hand and not a single one of the three people manning the booth had any idea what it was or why i needed it. Told me not to worry about it and the other two boats with us went right on through. Seems like this should have been something that rolled out at the beginning of next year and had their own staff trained on it before trying to implement something..... Just my 2 cents
 
I did the same thing at Wahweap. Not one mussel checker asked about it. They did want to know if I knew about the local boater program. I also had done this and had my sticker. I was asked to put it on the boat. So Cliff when is it going to be mandatory?
 
Launched Wednesday at Stateline, had my Utah $20 fee receipt, etc. No one asked for it, just recorded boat AZ number on the way in.

Exiting was a bit frustrating though.

Pulled the boat up to #2 position in line at top of ramp. Pulled the drain plug then proceeded to leave when the inspector stopped me. I had the green oval “Local Boater” sticker on the bow and showed my matching dash tag. No bueno. Instructed not to leave the line.

I thought the idea behind “local boater” program was to streamline the inspection process, moving local boaters out of the cue so legitimate inspections can move along quicker.

Can someone please explain where I went wrong? I’m a local boater, boat is stored 2 miles from the lake, never ever leaves Arizona (except when on Lake Powell).

Just trying to comply in an increasingly confusing and very complicated world...
 
Does AZ have the same Local Boater Program as Utah? I get waved right thru the inspection station at Bullfrog. Sq
 
I was at Stateline a few days ago and just flashed my Local Boater paper with my number on it and I was waved by even before I got within 50 feet of the station at the top.
Who did you piss off? :-) :)
 
This is a requirement from the site.
NOTE: All boats with inboard or I/O engines, ballast tanks, and other raw water systems are always subject to a 30 day dry-time during all seasons (because of unverifiable water).

Does this mean you must drain your block prior to leaving the lake?
Most I/Os run at 140 degrees. A temperature that is used for decontamination.
How about engines with a heat exchanger and the block is filled with antifreeze?

dale
 
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As an Arizona resident who only boats on Lake Powell, which is already infected, I see no reason and will never pay a fee to UT for this program. I think it's great that they're trying to protect their lakes but my boats are a 0% risk to any of their lakes getting infected and non-residents should not have to help pay for a UT only program. Make it a national or multi-state program and I'll pay it. Our boat is now certified under the Arizona Local Boater program which I'd argue meets the same requirements of the UT program.
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Amen to that! I'm in the same boat, so to speak. I did go ahead and get the Utah certification because for $20 it's not worth the trouble fighting it or risk getting fined. As an Arizona boater who only boats on Lake Powell I now have to pay my Arizona registration, get my boat certified as a local boat under Arizona's program, pay the GCNRC to launch my boat on the lake and pay the State of Utah so I can use the lake. I'm essentially paying three taxes so I can launch my boat to fish Lake Powell.

I wonder what the State of Utah would think if Arizona required the same thing for its portion of the lake and stationed game wardens and sheriff's deputies all around the state line to check boaters? I personally hope it doesn't come to that, however, but given the crazy nature of everything now it wouldn't surprise me. ❓

Ed Gerdemann
 
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