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Petroleum in or on the water is harmful and, in many cases, fatal to aquatic life. Even if you are not using bio-products tested and approved for environmental protection, please be careful and clean up after yourself. Keep in mind: a single pint of oil released onto the water can cover one acre of water surface area!
Under no circumstances is the discharge of oil allowed. When petroleum makes contact with the water, it can float on the surface, evaporate, be suspsended in the water or drop to the sea floor. Floating petroleum is particularly noxious due to reduction in light penetration and prohibiting oxygen exchange at the water’s surface. Fines can be assigned if caught breaking discharge laws, but the more important reason to handle petroleum products properly relates to the Environment.
If you’ve spilled enough to produce a sheen on the water, you must contact The United States Coast Guard . The National Response Center can be reached by calling 1-800-424-8802. They’ll need to know the location, the source, the sheen size, sheen color, the substance causing the sheen, and the time the spill occurred. Failure to report a spill could result in fines.
Follow these tips to avoid problems:
Did you know gas drawn from a cool storage tank will expand when it warms? Be sure never to fill your tank past 90% capacity.
Do you know when you’ve hit 90% full? It’s best to use use a sounding stick, but better to be safe than sorry, so always stop short!
Leave your tank at a lower level after each use, and wait to refill until you are ready to leave on your next trip. Doing this will reduce thermal expansion siplls.
Portable tanks should be filled ashore, as this creates less chance for spill, and if spill occurs, its much easier to clean up if it doesn’t hit the water.
Catch all drips with oil absorbant pads.
Slow your pump speed at the start and finish of each refueling.
Keep up with bilge maitenance and oil changes as engine oil often will accumulate in your bilge. If you haven’t taken the proper precautions, oil will be pumped out along with bilge water, wich is illegal.
You can easily avoid fines and protect water quality by following these simple steps:
Keep it tuned! This will minimize the amount of oil used, and ensure all seals, gaskets and hoses are tight.
For do it yourself-ers, a non-spill pump to draw crankcase oils through the dipstick tube is vital. Prior to removal, place a plastic bag over used oil filters so as to contain any drips. You can the filter by piercing a hole in the dome end and let sit for 24 hours. Always recycle used oil, as well as the metal canister, if possible. Regular trash is the best disposal for the canister if recylcing is not an option.
Using oil absorbent materials or a bioremediating bilge boom.
Use an oil absorbent pad underneath your engine.
You should monitor and replace all of your pads regularly.
Be sure to use facilties which provide bilge pumpout services. Did you know you can quickly find a marina in your area by searching our database for pump out facilities? Watch for the pump out icon ( ) when doing your E-marina™ or Fuel Dock Prices™ searches.
You could be fined as much as $25,000 attempting to treat oily water with detergents, as soaps create additional pollution, making thorough clean up completely impossible.
Disposal of Oil Absorbent Materials
The disposal of used oil absorbent material depends on what type of product it is and how it was used:
In Case of a Spill
Stop the flow | Immediately collect the spill with absorbent pads
Call the U.S. Coast Guard National Response Center at (800) 424-8802 or on your local VHF/FM radio channel.
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