Regional Marina Project

Coordinating State Outreach & Assistance to Marinas & Boatyards

The state environmental agencies in the Northeast are working with EPA and each other on the development and implementation of compliance and pollution prevention assistance strategies and tools for marinas in the region. Marinas can have a large number of environmental impacts, including point source and non-point source waste water discharges, storm water runoff, hazardous and solid waste generation, air emissions, fuel spills, spills of other hazardous materials, discharges from boat washing and maintenance operations, and other impacts on the marine environment.

NEWMOA's Marina Project workgroup is designed to enhance the ability of the state agencies to implement effective environmental assistance programs to marinas and boat yards in the region.

Since 2002 NEWMOA has been assisting the member states' and EPA's marina and clean marine engine outreach and assistance efforts by organizing and facilitating a regional Marina Networking Group. The conference calls and meetings of the Group focus on sharing information on plans underway in each state and how these can be coordinated with EPA’s marina strategy and each other. NEWMOA also sponsors a listserv to facilitate electronic information sharing of the Workgroup members.

This Webpage provides information related to meetings involving the Marina Workgroup, useful data and information generated by the states on marinas in the region and their environmental impacts, a list of the Marina Workgroup members, and links to state and other marina environmental outreach and assistance publications and other information sources.

This project is funded by EPA Region 1-New England.

For more information contact: Terri Goldberg, NEWMOA, (617) 367-8558 x302; .