{"id":10948,"date":"2016-08-01T11:13:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T15:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=10948"},"modified":"2017-04-14T15:18:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:18:57","slug":"maryland-awarded-350000-for-pumpout-boats-and-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/08\/01\/maryland-awarded-350000-for-pumpout-boats-and-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Awarded $350,000 for Pumpout Boats and Stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7071\/26594651284_0b963358a9_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7071\/26594651284_0b963358a9_m.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpout\" width=\"200\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnr.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> has been awarded more than $350,000 for the installation and maintenance of marine sewage pumpout stations across\u00a0the state. The funding will go toward existing pumpouts as well as support pumpout boats operated by the City of Annapolis, the Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy and the West and Rhode Riverkeeper.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis grant greatly aids our efforts to serve Maryland boaters over the course of the year,\u201d Clean Marina Program Director Donna Morrow said. \u201cThe funding helps operators at marinas and pumpout boats serve the thousands of recreational boaters, who obey the law and contribute to keeping our waters clean by using pumpout facilities and stations. We are proud to do our part to help improve water quality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The department administers the Maryland Marine Sewage Pumpout Grant Program by providing funding to marinas to purchase, install and maintain pumpouts.\u00a0These pumpouts, which allow boaters to properly dispose of sewage, have removed an estimated two million gallons last year alone. The grants, comprised of 75 percent federal funds and 25 percent <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Boating\/Pages\/grants.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">state funds<\/a>, have created and sustained approximately 350 pumpout stations throughout Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland law requires any marina with 50 or more slips, any existing marina expanding to more than 10 slips and any\u00a0new\u00a0marina with at least 10 slips to have an operable pumpout. Marina operators, including those at boatyards, yacht clubs and community associations, who are interested in trying to obtain a grant, can find more information <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Boating\/Pages\/pumpout\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Boaters are reminded that it is illegal to discharge raw sewage anywhere in Maryland waters.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland\u2019s funding was part of the Clean Vessel Act Grant Program\u00a0that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service administers nationwide. The program uses monies provided by the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has been awarded more than $350,000 for the installation and maintenance of marine sewage pumpout stations across\u00a0the state. The funding will go toward existing pumpouts as well as support pumpout boats operated by the City of Annapolis, the Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy and the West and Rhode Riverkeeper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-the-bay"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10948"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10958,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10948\/revisions\/10958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}