A StateWide Education Approach to Clean Boating and Marinas

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A State-Wide Education Approach to Clean Boating
and Marinas

• Western States Regional Pollution Prevention
  Network Conference
  
• October 15, 2003
• Miriam Gordon
• California Coastal Commission

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How the Commission got Involved

• The California Coastal Act
• balancing recreational use with protecting
  ecological resources
  
• section 6217 of Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization
  and Amendments - 1990
  
• implementation of a state-wide program to reduce
  non-point source pollution- education
  determined key focus for boating NPS pollution
  program
• the Commission started the California Clean
  Boating Network and adopted a model program
  developed by Marin County

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The Boating Clean and Green Campaign
1997-2003 funded by the California Integrated
Waste Management Board (CIWMB) and the California
Coastal Commission 2002 funding provided by U
S Environmental Protection Agency, National
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and CIWMB
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Campaign Components

• Research
• Direct multi-media outreach to boaters
• Technical assistance to marinas and local
  government
  
• CCC working with Marinas carrot-based approach

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RESEARCH

• boater practices (oil and fuel) and
  awareness(1998)
  
• 76 of Calif. Boaters change their own oil
• 45 use insecure practices
• 40 spill fuel or see others spill fuel
• messages that motivate behavior change (1998)
• Environmental impacts
• Illegality and potential fines
• most successful format, style, and venues for
  delivering educational messages (1998)
  
• Combined with non-disposable products used in
  boating
  
• Boat shows, marine supply shops, word-of-mouth
• availability of oil and hazardous waste services
  for boaters at California Marinas (1999)
  
• 40-45 of marinas surveyed recycled used oil
• 10 provided hazardous waste collection

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Multi-media Outreach

• boat shows
• marine supply shops
• word of mouth
• boat launch ramp (used by 85 of boaters)
• mariners publications
• Internet
• marinas (used by 10 of boaters for storage, but
  visited by unknown large )
  
• fuel docks

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Exerting Pier Pressure

• Dockwalkers- adapted model developed by Save Our
  Shores
  
• CCC partners with US Coast Guard Auxiliary-
  boaters teaching boaters
  
• 30 trainings, 374 volunteers trained
• 52 of boaters surveyed much more likely to
  protect the environment while boating
  
• 26 somewhat more likely to
• 22 felt that they already take the necessary
  precautions.
  
• two lessons learned by the greatest number of
  respondents included 1) environmentally sound
  methods for cleaning and maintaining their boats
  and 2) oil absorbent pads can be used to reduce
  fuel spills.

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Tracking Dockwalker Outreach
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Direct outreach to boaters

• Two 10 foot trade show displays
• 47,000 boater kits distributed by staff at 40
  boat shows, on the waterfront by Dockwalkers, and
  to new boaters at marine dealerships.
  

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Marine Supply Shops
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Direct Outreach (contd)

• Print materials
• Tide books
• binder cards
• NOAA nautical charts
• boat maintenance checklist
• oil brochure
• Stickers Spanish/English
• floating key chains

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Signage (aluminum, anti-graffiti)
450 boat ramp signs (Spanish and English)
150 fuel dock signs
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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

• No. and So. Cal. Clean boating conferences
• Presentations at marine association meetings
• Continual information about funding
• California Clean Boating Network
• Earths 911 and CCBN websites
• Changing Tides clean boating/marinas newsletter
• California Clean Marina Toolkit
• One-on-one with used oil programs and marinas

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1997 Survey Shows Boaters Enthusiasm for
Oil-related Services

• Bilge Mobile Absorbents Oil Oil
• Pump Bilge for the Change Change
• Pump bilge Pump Service
• Overall 66 56 82 53 62
• Sail boat 61 50 77 39 55
• Outboard 58 53 75 51 62
• Inboard 70 59 87 60 62
• Jet propelled 85 69 100 65 73
• Personal Craft 71 52 81 52 71

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Services at Clean Marinas

• sewage pump-out facilities and dump stations
• used oil and filter collection and recycling
• absorbent pad distribution and collection
• oily bilge pump-out facility
• oil change facility or DIY equipment
• oil spill response plan and materials
• fuel spill prevention at fuel dock
• hazardous waste segregation, collection and
  disposal (antifreeze, oil, batteries, solvents,
  paints, cleaning products)
  
• solid waste recycling
• fishing line recycling

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Example 1 Moss Landing Harbor
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Example 2 - Peters Landing

• used oil collection
• absorbent pad distribution and collection
• sewage pump-out
• segregation of hazardous wastes for disposal
• Dockwalkers education

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Example 3 - Hyde Street Marina

• Multiple bilge pump-out stations
• used oil collection
• crankcase oil change facility
• absorbent pad distribution and disposal
• sewage pump
• segregation of hazardous wastes
• solid waste recycling (paper, aluminum, glass)
• fishing line recycling
• Dockwalkers education

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Example 4 - Berkeley Marina

• used oil and filter recycling
• sewage pump-out
• gray-water management plan
• live-aboard education and inspection
• hazardous waste segregation and proper disposal

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Marina Oil-Facilities Report

• 175 marinas with oil facilities surveyed, 111
  responded
  
• oil collection, bilge pump-out, absorbent pad
  distribution and collection
  
• Problems many respondents unwilling to review
  records, not tracking, staff responding are
  uninformed, marinas are tired of answering
  surveys
• 53 surveyed collect used oil (higher than
  previous survey due to pre-selection of sample
  for oil services)

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How Much Oil Do Marinas Collect?
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Frequency of Contamination of Oil Collection
Facilities
40 of total
31
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72 of total
63.7 of total
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Access versus Collection
102 gals.
101 gals.
31 18 marinas
51 30 marinas
40 of total
47 gals.
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19 11 marina
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72 of total
63.7 of total
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Needs Assessment for Services-GIS-based CA
marinas map

• Map marina locations state-wide
• Overlay marina environmental services
• Overlay non-marina waste collection services (oil
  and hazardous waste)
  
• Overlay boating population and marina usage data

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CA Clean Marinas Toolkit

• CA Clean Marina Guidebook Voluntary Measures
  and Implementation Options for Clean Marinas-
  including case studies
  
• Educating Your Customers A Resource Manual
• Applicable Laws and Regulations
• Environmental Impacts of Marinas and Boating- Q
  A
  

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Clean Marina Recognition

• CCC DBW joint effort to develop
• Local grant-funded efforts emerged first
• Need for uniform criteria state-wide
• Industry buy-in a must
• Working with Advisory Committee
• California issue diversity of marinas

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Provide Easy and Low-Cost Services, Educate, and
You will Succeed!
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Education isnt always enough

• Some things wont change without a legislative
  mandate
  
• Boat design and manufacturing changes needed-
• On board bilge filtration
• Fuel spill prevention devices
• Interested? Contact me
• mgordon_at_coastal.ca.gov
• [phone]