Fueling, Oil, and
Other Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Education
Summary
Provide information to marina tenants on collection and recycling programs for oil, oil-absorbing pads, and oil filters.
Use your existing network with your customers to inform them of new procedures and services that are offered. Existing networks may include your billing program or the marina's newsletter.
Direct marina patrons to the proper disposal of all used hydrocarbon products through the use of signs, mailings, and other means.
All disposal facilities for oil and fuel should be clearly marked. Instructions for using the facility should be posted on a sign in or near the collection and storage site. Warn those using the facility not to add any material that may be contaminated, and provide instructions on the procedure for disposing of containment waste. In places where waste oil is likely to be generated, place signs explaining where it can be disposed of properly. When oil is sold to tenants, pass along a flyer outlining disposal techniques and tips on how to keep the oil out of the environment.
Insert language into facility contract or newsletters that recommends tenants use fuel/air separators and oil-absorption materials.
Use newsletters and your contract with your tenants as an educational method to inform them about environmental rules and regulations. They should be informed that, as a condition of being customers of the facility, they need to conform to these rules-including those involving illegal discharge of oil and fuel.