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Published on: 12/26/2000
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This fall , the agency hopes to initiate one or more of the components of the program , said Alan Parsons , an environmental specialist with the DEP.
Modeled after the department's successful Clean Vessel Act program , the development plan has four components : education and awareness , award recognition , incentive grants , and the Clean Marina designation.
The education and awareness component will involve community-based strategies promoting the program elements of recognition , incentive grants and marina designation.Marina and agency staff will also have access to an information clearinghouse of the latest pollution prevention technologies.
Under the award component , recognition will be given to marinas that adopt best management practices above the minimum that result in an improved environment.
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Parsons said the incentive grants will be aimed at encouraging marinas to adopt best management practices that may otherwise be financially difficult in the short run.
The Clean Marina designation will provide a voluntary way by which marinas and boatyards will adopt a set of criteria important to boaters and the environment.This designation will provide boaters with an assurance that marinas and boatyards are meeting program criteria , Parsons said.
Florida has more than 2 , 200 marinas , more than 771 , 000 registered boaters , almost 300 , 000 visiting vessels , and 8 , 426 miles of shoreline.
About 80 % of Florida's population lives on the coast and more move to it at the rate of 5 , 000 a month.The dramatic growth of boating makes it imperative that Florida minimize the environmental impacts associated with marina activity , Parsons said.
For program information , phone Bonny King at ( 850 ) 488-5600 , extension 35
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