Bay
Boat Works Is A Certified Maryland Clean Marina
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ANNAPOLIS, MD (April 29, 2002) – Cecil County’s
Bay Boat Works in North East is the 39th marina in Maryland
to earn the prestigious Clean Marina Award. The Clean Marina
designation indicates that Bay Boat Works has satisfied the
rigorous pollution prevention standards established by Maryland’s
Clean Marina Committee and the Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) as part of the agency’s Clean Marina Initiative
(CMI).
“Everybody, staff and customers, worked so hard to achieve
this award,” said vice president Mary Green. “We
are so proud that an older facility like ours has been recognized
for upholding high environmental standards related to our
operations which include vessel maintenance, a fuel dock,
a sewage pumpout system, slip rentals, and winter storage.”
Ms. Green runs the marina along with her husband Donald Green
whose grandfather started the marina in 1928. The marina is
located on 31.7 acres of property, more than 20 acres of which
is undeveloped marsh land. The facility is distinguished by
a collection of outbuildings that span the marina’s
history. For instance, the carpentry shop was use to build
ammunition boxes during World War II.
“Certified Clean Marinas demonstrate
that recreational boating facilities can be run in such
a way that they have minimal environmental impacts,”
said Clean Marina Coordinator, Elizabeth Fuller Valentine.
“They have discovered that environmentally-responsible
practices are also often good business practices. Thus,
they can reduce expenses and increase revenue while taking
measures to protect the resource upon which the boating
industry depends: clean water.” CMI promotes voluntary
adoption of measures to reduce pollution from marinas, boatyards,
yacht clubs, and recreational boats.
Each of the 39 Clean Marinas has implemented
measures to control pollution associated with vessel maintenance
and repair, petroleum storage and transfer, sewage disposal,
solid, liquid and hazardous wastes, stormwater runoff, and
facilities management.
Recognized Clean Marinas may use the Clean
Marina logo in their advertising and on their letterhead.
They also receive a flag to fly from their facility, a page
on the Clean Marina web site (www.dnr.state.md.us/boating),
and promotion in Clean Marina publications.
Signing the Clean Marina pledge is the
first step toward receiving recognition as an environmentally-responsible
marina. So far, 145 entities have taken the pledge. There
are approximately 600 boating facilities in Maryland and
the CMI’s goal is to certify 150 of those as Clean
Marinas or Clean Marina Partners by 2004. The Clean Marina
Partner designation recognizes boating facilities other
than marinas, boatyards, and yacht clubs that are implementing
pollution prevention measures. There are 8 certified Clean
Marina Partners.
For more details about the Maryland Clean
Marina Initiative, call the Department of Natural Resources
at (877) 620-8DNR, ext. 8770, or check DNR’s website
at www.dnr.state.md.us/boating.
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Posted May 14, 2002 on the Marland DNR Boating Website
