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Clean Marine Program

The Oakville Harbours Marina is an associate member of the Ontario Marine Operators Association (OMOA). The OMOA, along with over twenty marine industry professionals and anglers' associations, formed the Clean Marine Partnership to develop a voluntary program of Environmental Best Practices for the marine industry, which is recognized as the leader in North America. OMOA member marinas have been enrolling in the Clean Marine Program to ensure their marinas are following environmentally sound practices and protecting our waterways for all to enjoy.

Just as OMOA Clean Marine member marinas have committed themselves to following the best environmental practices, you too can help. Look for products with Canada's Environmental Choice logo to use around your boat. Products bearing the symbol with three doves intertwined to make a maple leaf are products that have been produced in a more environmentally responsible manner and their use leaves the least impact on the environment.

Clean Marine Declaration

The following is the text of the Clean Marine Declaration, as approved by Council in August 2006:

The Town of Oakville understands and recognizes the vital importance of maintaining a clean, natural environment as being fundamental to all activities in our Harbours.
In accepting and adopting those best management principles and operating practices that are most appropriate to the operations in our Harbours, the Town of Oakville commits to the best of its ability to:

Promote good environmental practices.
Eliminate the release of contaminants to the water, both directly and indirectly.
Minimize the release of pollutants to the atmosphere.
Avoid contamination of the ground.
Adopt waste reduction, reuse and recycling strategies.
Optimize energy and water conservation.
Conform to the requirements of all relevant legislation.

The Town of Oakville will ensure that our Harbours' management will introduce sound environmental practices into every aspect of our operation. We will train our employees to understand and implement these practices and we will provide the resources, within the discretion of Council, that are needed to allow these objectives to be fulfilled.

The philosophy of this Clean Marine Declaration will be integrated into contracts entered into between the Town of Oakville and our clients in the Harbours.

All suppliers and contractors will be made aware of the intent of this Declaration and will be required to adopt these same good practices when providing materials or services in the Harbours.

The Town of Oakville commits to an ongoing program of self-evaluation of the environmental practices in our Harbours, and we will strive to continually upgrade and improve our environmental performance to reflect future developments in both marina management techniques and environmental-friendly products, as and when these become available.