BOSTON (AP) — The federal Environmental Protection Agency has extended the state’s clean water protections by banning boats from discharging sewage in coastal waters off southeastern Massachusetts.

The ban on treated and untreated sewage announced Friday applies off Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Mount Hope Bay, located between Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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