Managing Impacts from Boating, Marinas, and Moorings

Problem

Goals and Objectives

Changes: The first goals focus shifted to enforcement rather than elimination. Some objectives were re-worded improve clarity and readability or defined needed actions.

Goal 6.1. Enforce the Buzzards Bay No Discharge Zone to ensure there are no illegal wastewater discharges from boats.
Goal 6.2. Eliminate or minimize impacts of discharges from marina operations.
Goal 6.3. Eliminate adverse environmental impacts associated with mooring fields such as chain scars and sediment suspension.
Objective 6.1. Ensure that each embayment has at least one boat waste pumpout facility.
Objective 6.2. Promote the use of pumpout facilities by educating boaters, making facilities more accessible, and enforcing the regulations.
Objective 6.3. Achieve full compliance of marinas and boat building and boat maintenance facilities with industrial site stormwater discharge permits.
Objective 6.4. Ensure compliance of marina power washing activities with applicable state and federal laws.
Objective 6.5. Encourage municipalities to pilot, demonstrate, and require use of conservation moorings for boat mooring fields.