Marinas and Recreational Boating Management Measures:

Assessment, Siting, and Design

• Marina Flushing
• Habitat Assessment
• Water Quality Assessment
• Shoreline Stabilization
• Storm Water Runoff
• Fueling Station Design
• Sewage Facilities
• Waste Management Facilities

Operation and Maintenance

• Solid Waste Control
• Fish Waste Control
• Liquid Material Control
• Petroleum Control
• Boat Cleaning and Maintenance
• Maintenance of Sewage Facilities
• Boat Operation

Education/Outreach

• Public Education/Outreach

4.1A Marina Flushing. Site and design new and expanding marinas such that tides and/or currents will aid in flushing the site or renew its water regularly. These practices can reduce the potential for water stagnation, maintain biological productivity, and reduce the potential for toxic accumulation in bottom sediment.

4.1B Habitat Assessment. Site and design new and expanding marinas to protect against adverse effects on shellfish resources, wetlands, submerged aquatic vegetation, or other important riparian and aquatic habitat areas as designated by local, State, or federal governments.

4.1C Water Quality Assessment. Assess water quality as a part of the siting and design of new and expanding marinas to establish baseline water quality conditions or trends. Also assess water quality at existing marinas to establish baseline water quality conditions.

4.1D Shoreline Stabilization. Where streambank or shoreline erosion is a NPS pollution problem, streambanks/shorelines should be stabilized. The use of vegetative stabilization methods is preferred over the use of structural stabilization methods, if appropriate considering the climate, severity of erosion, offshore bathymetry, and/or the potential adverse impact on other streambanks or shorelines and offshore areas.

4.1E Storm Water Runoff. Implement effective runoff control strategies, which include the use of pollution prevention activities and the proper design of marinas and boat maintenance areas (including parking areas). Reduce the average annual loadings of total suspended solids (TSS) in runoff from these areas to meet water quality objectives.

4.1F Fueling Station Design. Design existing and proposed fueling stations to allow for spill prevention and for ease in cleanup of spills that may occur.

4.1G Sewage Facilities. Install pumpout, dump station, and restroom facilities where needed at new and expanding and existing marinas to reduce the release of sewage to surface waters. Design these facilities to allow ease of access and post signage to promote use by the boating public.

4.1H Waste Management Facilities. Install facilities where needed for the proper recycling or disposal of solid wastes (such as oil filters, lead acid batteries, used absorbent pads, spent zinc anodes, and fish waste) and liquid materials (such as fuel, oil, solvents, antifreeze, and paints) generated by users of marinas and boat maintenance areas. Design these facilities to allow ease of access, post signage to promote use by the boating public, and encourage recycling to the fullest extent possible.

4.2A Solid Waste Control. Properly dispose of solid wastes produced by the operation, cleaning, maintenance, and repair of boats and operation of marinas—and encourage recycling of recyclable materials to the fullest extent possible—to limit entry of solid wastes to surface waters.

4.2B Fish Waste Control. Promote sound fish waste management through a combination of fish-cleaning restrictions, public education, and proper disposal of fish waste.

4.2C Liquid Material Control. Provide and maintain appropriate storage, transfer, containment, and disposal facilities for liquid materials (such as fuel, oil, solvents, antifreeze, and paints) and encourage recycling of these materials to the fullest extent possible.

4.2D Petroleum Control. Reduce the amount of fuel and oil from boat bilges and fuel tank air vents entering marina and surface waters.

4.2E Boat Cleaning and Maintenance. For boats that are in the water, perform topside cleaning and maintenance operations to minimize, to the extent practicable, the release to surface waters of harmful products (such as cleaners and solvents) and paint. Conduct underwater hull cleaning and maintenance operations to minimize, to the extent practicable, the release of paint and anodes.

4.2F Maintenance of Sewage Facilities. Ensure that sewage pumpout facilities are maintained in operational condition and encourage their use.

4.2G Boat Operation. Restrict boating activities where necessary to decrease turbidity and physical destruction of shallow-water habitat.

4.3A Public Education/Outreach. Implement educational programs to provide greater understanding and awareness of watersheds, and to increase the use of applicable marina and boating management measures and practices where needed. Public education, outreach, and training programs should involve applicable user groups and the community (e.g., boaters, boating groups, marina owners and operators, boat maintenance facility operators, waterfront agencies, service providers, live-aboards, environmental groups, and other related groups).