Mailing of March 1, 2002

Brevard County Marinas

70 Surveys Mailed
30 Surveys Replied
5 Surveys – Returned to Sender

1. How important do you feel is the need for pump-out stations?

2. Of these type of stations which of these do you feel would be your preference for your circumstances?

3. Where would you locate such stations throughout Brevard County?

• All Marinas – Large Public Boat Ramps
• Marinas along ICW with deep water access.
• Marinas
• Local Boat Ramps and Marinas
• Marina’s & Public Docks
• Public Ramps
• Central Cocoa Beach or Rockledge
• Marinas, Launching Ramps, Campgrounds
• New marina construction/public deep water docks/only if retrofit w/o grant expense and if personnel on hand to supervise operation.
• RV Parks
• At fuel stations
• All new Marinas should be required to have a pump-out station
• Port Canaveral
• Melbourne
• Titusville
• Busy Marinas with lots of transient traffic and/or larger boats
• Marinas – Public
• Ramps, anywhere live-a-boards and transients dock
• Marinas have service; place at boat ramps throughout the County
• On each dock

4. Should Brevard County avail itself of any federal or state funding to install such facilities at public locations?

Definitely: 23
To Some Extent: 4
No: 1
No Opinion: 1

5. What would be your suggestion(s) regarding the financing of such an effort for private enterprises?

• EPA Grants – thru DEP
• A nominal user fee charged per use or an additional charge on registration  certificates for boats with holding tanks
• The Clean Vessel Act does this DEP runs the program
• Public paid/private maintained
• State & FED Funding
• Fee for use
• Clean Vessel Act Grant 25% match to be subsidized by County
• No private party will under take the installation, maintenance and operation  unless forced. Too expensive with very little return.
• Private business
• Grant money was very hard to get!
• Make grant money easier to get
• It is not appropriate nor fair to force private enterprise to take on such an expense
• State grants for public marinas
• Grants, incentives
• Not required in Brevard County
• Depending on size of marina a certain percentage should be allowed to each marina for each pump out facility

6. Are you interested in receiving information regarding available grants for placing of pump-out stations?

Very Interested: 6
Some Interest: 2
Little Interest: 1
No Interest: 16
Received Grant

7. In what way(s) should this effort to increase the use and availability of pump-out stations be advertised?

• With boat registration every year. On dockage contracts at marinas
• Boater publications
• Education advertisements about water quality
• Newspaper’s, marina’s, boat ramps
• Guide books and handouts lit. same as bridge guides
• Put at park ramps
• Waterway magazines. Signs at State Parks
• Attach to license mailings
• Signage, law enforcement (a warning or citation goes a long ways towards gaining compliance) education, word of mouth
• Signs at stations/listed in ads
• Waterway guide books
• Use free nautical publications boat advertisements (for sale)
• Advertise in marine related pubs and at locations where available
• Local boat dealers, marinas, repair shops, launch ramps, parts & supply stores, highway bill boards, etc
• Signage at boat ramps
• Any advertisement (like waterway guides)

8. To make this effort successful, how would you approach the following?

(a) Local Boaters:

• PSA – on BCC TV Channel
• Education advertisements about water quality.
• Thru Marina’s and tag office mailing of lit.
• No cost!
• Most boaters ask where pump out stations are
• Power squadron; C.G. Auxiliary; Boating Clubs
• Dump stations at ramps for port-a-potties, make pumpouts free of charge
• The majority of boaters will use pump out facilities if they know of them
• Marine Council, Preservation of Indian River Lagoon auspices
• Dock talk
• Talk to boaters at/on docks
• I wouldn’t – don’t you think you have targeted them enough
• Appeal to their concern for their home water and environment
• Free pump out
• Letters to registered boaters in Brevard and Orange County if vessels less than 30’

(b) Transient Boaters:

• They are more in tune with regs, need identification in cruising guides
• Education advertisements about water quality.
• Thru marina’s/fuel stops lit
• No cost!
• Most boaters ask where pump out stations are
• Signs at Marinas; Internet
• VHF, word of mouth, pull up to boats at anchor with pumpout boat, offer free pumpout
• The majority of boaters will use pump out facilities if they know of them
• Waterway Guide listing
• Dock talk
• Talk to boaters at/on docks
• They are at a miniscule level regarding known polluters
• The State may need to give credit for marinas that report use by transient guest
• Free pump out
• No required

(c) Local Marine Operations:

• After survey – maybe contact individually
• Education advertisements about water quality
• Location lit handouts
• No cost!
• The cost for pump out station is to expensive for us
• Signs
• All marinas should make pumpouts simple and easy
• The majority of boaters will use pump out facilities if they know of them
• Preservation of lagoon as boating interest
• Educate those involved in the marine industry
• Free pump out program
• Letters

(d) Other:

• Education advertisements about water quality
• No cost!
• For Marinas pumpouts should be included in rent and hassle free
• The majority of boaters will use pump out facilities if they know of them

9. Do you feel that the establishment of controlled mooring fields with available portable pump-out stations throughout the County would be of benefit in minimizing the dumping of sewage?

Strongly: 11
Somewhat: 8
Very Little: 4
No: 5

• If you put in mooring fields, you are competing with marinas; If you do this, do not expect Marinas to cooperate
• Good idea
• This is just another way to levy taxes and we all know it
• Waterline

10. As with any broad-based project of this nature, the conditions must be forced to be effective. How would you suggest that Brevard County handle the regulation of pump-out stations?

• Marine Patrol
• If facility is easy to use and readily available, boaters will use it. I don’t advise spending more money enforcing
• Monitor water quality – let owners take care of their facilities.
• FMP and EPA
• Any system can be usurped making it easy for the boaters to comply is best
• Make a law prohibiting the pumping of waste in water ways.
• Fines
• With proper (currently required) permitting the pumpout installation, regulation should not be required. Over regulation would deter private operators from providing this costly, nasty work.
• Just stay out of my way. There are enough regulations regarding this without another room full of people dreaming up more. Brevard Co. may have a large number of boats – BUT – they are hardly used. Only a small number of pump out stations are needed to service this low demand.
• Tough one! License and regulation notices.
• Are you trying to regulate pump stations or boaters? Put a lot of regulations on pump stations and they will always be "out of order”.
• No more laws. When a pump out station is at a marina, it can be enforced.
• Coast Guard Inspections
• Inspections by Marine Patrol, FWC, Coast Guard(Auxiliary)
• Reduce regulation – ask boaters to regulate themselves. They are an enviro conscious group that you find easy to target.
• Those caught should be fined. Marina employees should be vigilant around their marinas, and instructed to inform management about violations
• I think that they should all be free to the public, because if its free everyone will use it and the point is to keep it out of the water.
• County owned and managed stations at boat ramps
• There should be a pump out station within so many miles (located) apart for there should be no reason to dump sewage in water

Identify Yourself by:

Area of Interest

• Marine Industry Operator: 15
• Boater: 6
• Organization Involved in Boating: 2
• Individua:l 3
• Organization/Club: 5

Type of Boat

• Motor: 7
• Sailing: 9
• Size: 27’ (Motor), 18’ (Motor), 41’ (Sailing), 20’ (Sailing), 50’+ to 17’'

Type of Boating

• Fishing: 8 Cruising: 10 Other: Recreational, Racing

Additional Comments Submitted

Titusville Municipal Marina has recently implemented a pumpout boat program. We now have a fixed unit, a portable cart and a pumpout boat. As aggressive as we are, I still feel there is a need to alter the mindset that “this one flush won’t really matter.” Education to this end may be an element to consider in the county plan.

Attached is a copy of the Dockmasters Corner section of our newsletter the “Titusville Municipal Marina Times”, perhaps it will help.

Mark Leslie – Titusville Municipal Marina

MARINAS RESPONDING

Individual on River Dr. Condos
Cocoa Beach Yacht Club
Funtime Boats
Banana River Marina
Captains Cove Condo
Eau Gallie Boat Works
Hamptons Condominiums
Indian Cove Marina
Jays Harbor Light Marina
Kennedy Point Yacht Club
New Point Marina
River Club Condos
Sunrise Marina (Dolphins Leap Marina)
Titusville Municipal Marina
Whitley Bay Marina
Rhum Cove Condominiums
Harbor Town
River Moorings
Harbor Square Marine
Diamond 99
Pineda Point Marina
Sun Harbor Marina
Manatee Cove Marina
Eau Gallie Yacht Club
Eau Gallie Harbor Club
Honest Johns Fish Camp
Melbourne Harbor
Telemar

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