{"id":38122,"date":"2023-01-17T15:49:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T20:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=38122"},"modified":"2023-01-19T11:48:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:48:21","slug":"free-environmental-seminars-offered-for-maryland-marinas-and-boatyards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/01\/17\/free-environmental-seminars-offered-for-maryland-marinas-and-boatyards\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Environmental Seminars Offered for Maryland Marinas and Boatyards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DNR Provides Introduction to Clean Marina Initiative<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49526697272_5f16daed8f.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of Maryland Clean Marina initiative\" width=\"351\" height=\"351\" \/>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/boating\/Pages\/cleanmarina\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Clean Marina Initiative<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is hosting a series of seminars in February to introduce the voluntary environmental certification program to new participants. Managers of all types of marine facilities are encouraged to attend\u00a0 to learn about best management practices that result in a cleaner, safer workplace and environment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resource (DNR) staff will provide an introduction to the Maryland Clean Marina Initiative, its goals and benefits to businesses and the environment. Free <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/boating\/Documents\/CM_Guidebook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Clean Marina Guidebooks<\/span><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> staff training guidance, and boater education materials will be provided. Staff from the Maryland Department of Environment will also explain the General Discharge Permit for Boatyards currently being drafted, and new oil control regulations that impact fuel dock operators.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Seminars will take place:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">February 7 at Tidewater Marina, Havre de Grace<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">February 9 at Cambridge Yacht Club<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">February 14 at Annapolis Recreation Center<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Advanced registration on the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/boating\/Pages\/cleanmarina\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>DNR Maryland Clean Marina website<\/b><\/a><b> is requested as space is limited.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The goal of the program is to reduce nonpoint source pollution from marinas and recreational boating activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The Maryland Clean Marina Initiative promotes and celebrates the voluntary adoption of pollution prevention measures at marinas, boatyards, and yacht clubs in areas such as stormwater management, marina management, and emergency planning. Certified Clean Marinas must comply with all applicable environmental regulations and adopt voluntary best management practices, which are then confirmed by a site visit conducted by program staff and the manager of another Clean Marina.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mentoring is available along with numerous free resources to train staff and educate customers on pollution prevention practices. About 30% of marine facilities in the state are certified Clean Marinas.\u00a0 A complete listing and a map of participants is available on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/boating\/Pages\/cleanmarina\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DNR Clean Marina website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Questions can be directed to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">donna.morrow@maryland.gov<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or 410-260-8773.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNR Provides Introduction to Clean Marina Initiative The Maryland Clean Marina Initiative is hosting a series of seminars in February to introduce the voluntary environmental certification program to new participants. Managers of all types of marine facilities are encouraged to attend\u00a0 to learn about best management practices that result in a cleaner, safer workplace and<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/01\/17\/free-environmental-seminars-offered-for-maryland-marinas-and-boatyards\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"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":[957,3171,33],"tags":[3197,2982,3653,4548],"class_list":["post-38122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-the-bay","tag-boating","tag-chesapeake-bay","tag-clean-marina-initiative","tag-maryland-clean-marina-guidebook"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38122","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\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38122"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38130,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38122\/revisions\/38130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}