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elleng

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56. Did a QUICK check for you.

Sun Nov 24, 2019, 02:16 AM

Nov 2019

The EPA does not permit scattering at beaches or in wading pools by the sea. Finally, you must notify the EPA within 30 days of scattering ashes at sea. ... For more information, including the contact information for the EPA representative in Massachusetts, see Burial of Human Remains at Sea on the EPA website.

Burial & Cremation Laws in Massachusetts | Nolo

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Are there usually state regulations regarding the scattering of your cremated remains? [View all] CTyankee Nov 2019 OP

I suppose there could be restrictions doing so on private property w/o permission? Dennis Donovan Nov 2019 #1

A quick Google search PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #2

Yes, there are but they vary from place to place csziggy Nov 2019 #3

why people and not pets? Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #7

Because humans are "sacred" or some such superstition csziggy Nov 2019 #29

As a kid, all pets got a dignified burial in the backyard Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #44

Yep, I even have a picture of the funeral for my Dad's childhood dog in the late 1930s csziggy Nov 2019 #48

Wow. Amaxing that you have.photo Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #49

When we were clearing out the old house I grew up in csziggy Nov 2019 #50

Oh my. I have directed my Executor to perform an illegal act PufPuf23 Nov 2019 #12

Get permission from the Tribe, now that it is their land csziggy Nov 2019 #30

I'll take door #2 Alex. PufPuf23 Nov 2019 #46

I think many have rules about burying them on private residential property. If doing it, shhh. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #4

Don't ask, don't tell. hunter Nov 2019 #21

Heh! I'm going to have my cremains dumped into the city water system.. madinmaryland Nov 2019 #31

Why don't you just scatter them at the Horseshoe? El Supremo Nov 2019 #36

what are they going to do? onethatcares Nov 2019 #5

Some boaters near my son in law's boat might notice and notify the Coast Guard or whatever... CTyankee Nov 2019 #10

As a former cemetery sexton in Connecticut, Throckmorton Nov 2019 #26

Well, once they are in the ocean, I expect the salt water to take care of them... CTyankee Nov 2019 #34

When we got my dad's cremains, I thought they look like cat litter. GoneOffShore Nov 2019 #62

Go three miles out and you can scatter away!! Y'urp here we come!! mitch96 Nov 2019 #38

I have a friend who has directed that his ashes go into the LI Sound, not far from where he CTyankee Nov 2019 #39

people do what they want ...scatter at colleges, every where Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #6

There are laws here in IL, but who cares? nt Progressive Jones Nov 2019 #8

I live in the Florida Keys. tavernier Nov 2019 #9

Are you okay? edhopper Nov 2019 #11

Ditto! Hekate Nov 2019 #14

Oh, yes! I was just wondering... CTyankee Nov 2019 #15

I am glad to hear this. edhopper Nov 2019 #16

he's got a boat, which is why I thought of it. CTyankee Nov 2019 #19

Sounds like a plan edhopper Nov 2019 #20

I will live to see that abomination driven from power and that's all I want right now... CTyankee Nov 2019 #23

Many of us live for that day edhopper Nov 2019 #24

It's good to make all those choices csziggy Nov 2019 #32

I thought they put you in a bag for cremation. Why a big expensive coffin? CTyankee Nov 2019 #40

I think some people still want a coffin for the visitation and the pomp csziggy Nov 2019 #42

Not saying this is advice, but my Grandma used to say Maeve Nov 2019 #13

If someone is worried they could defacto7 Nov 2019 #17

Do it just like this! csziggy Nov 2019 #33

I scattered my Best Friend and my little Sister SonofDonald Nov 2019 #18

I would watch "The Big Lebowski" for tips on scattering ashes. world wide wally Nov 2019 #22

Yeah, don't do it this way: El Supremo Nov 2019 #35

Disneyland has a problem with this spinbaby Nov 2019 #25

I took my mom's ashes to White Oaks, New Mexico. panader0 Nov 2019 #27

I know Disney has a real problem with it. We were on Pirates of the dewsgirl Nov 2019 #28

I know Caitlin Doughty has addressed this on her xmas74 Nov 2019 #37

Yes. WA state ferries does this all the time. yewberry Nov 2019 #41

my story... handmade34 Nov 2019 #43

I've though a lot about this actually... SKKY Nov 2019 #45

I think it's up to the property owner meadowlander Nov 2019 #47

It really doesn't matter jberryhill Nov 2019 #51

I took a small bottle of my dad's ashes to game 4 of the 2014 World Series. MontanaMama Nov 2019 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2019 #53

Here there are rules but mahina Nov 2019 #54

You can go into the sea and do some good ornotna Nov 2019 #55

Did a QUICK check for you. elleng Nov 2019 #56

Thanks. Just gave it a quick read and it seems to suggest a kind of "WHATEVER!" attitude... CTyankee Nov 2019 #57

I know a pilot that tried to do it with his plane Major Nikon Nov 2019 #58

Sky Burial RichardRay Nov 2019 #59

Um, no...but thanks for suggesting it for folks who might love the idea... CTyankee Nov 2019 #60

Depends on the state but don't let that stop you Jersey Devil Nov 2019 #61

May I ask: why a container? Seems like that complicates thngs if the container isn't biodegradable CTyankee Nov 2019 #63

The "container" was biodegradable Jersey Devil Nov 2019 #64

Oh. duh... CTyankee Nov 2019 #65