Napa Sonoma Use Oil Opportunity Grant

Funder: California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)

Funding Level:  $671,825

Program Partners: Sonoma County Waste Management Agency, Napa County

Timeline:  Grant periods ends 03/31/04, may be extended to June, 2004. Similar work has been completed over the past eight years in the following counties: Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Fresno, Madera, Butte, Stanislaus and Merced.

Staff Members Working on Project: Jeremy Pearl was the initial project lead. Kurt Hurly is now the acting project lead through the end of the grant period. Anna Hirst is currently assisting in outreach and procurement. Kirsten Liske has supported significant efforts during the transition period and coordination of marina outreach materials and is continuing to provide assistance in project strategy and client interface.

Overview and Scope of Work:  Solicit participation in a committee based process to craft a successful mobile oil collection program for Napa and Sonoma Counties. Stakeholders included Napa and Sonoma regional representatives and representatives from the agricultural growers and viticultural growers communities.

Target Audience(s):  Agricultural growers of Napa and Sonoma Counties

Desired Behavior Changes:  Initially, growers call our contracted waste hauler, Clearwater Environmental Management (CEM).  Next growers must call the DTSC to obtain a hazardous waste generator number. Afterwards, CEM schedules for the pickup of the growers’ waste oil, oil filters, or empty waste oil drums. Participating growers will receive information and permits (variances) to use at the permanent oil recycling centers in phase 2 of the grant implementation

Desired Outcomes of Program:: Substantial reduction of the environmental hazard of improperly stored (stockpiled) waste oil products in Napa and Sonoma Counties. Raise awareness of used oil as a significant non-point source pollutant in the agricultural community.  Deliver the message of “convenient and cost-free participation” in recycling programs to avoid soil, watershed, and ocean pollution arising form used oil.

Results:  10,325 gallons of used oil, 15 drums of filters, and 64 empty oily waste drums have been pickup up from 69 growers.

Overview and Scope of Work:  Solicit participation in a committee process to craft a successful marina used oil recovery program for Napa and Sonoma Counties. Stakeholders included Napa and Sonoma regional representatives and representatives from the recreational boating community.

Target Audience(s):  Any recreational boaters using the public waterways of Napa and Sonoma Counties

Desired Behavior Changes:  Proliferate wider use of oil absorbent bilge pads in recreational watercraft and recovery of used oil.

Desired Outcomes of Program:  Raise awareness of used oil as a significant non-point source pollutant in the recreational boating community. Improve existing oil recycling centers at marinas in the grant region and site net new locations for oil recycling infrastructure,

Results:  One on one outreach to 1300 boaters in 2002 season and 1600 boaters in the 2003 season. Over 3000 bilge pad distributed. Placed one new marina oil recycling center in Napa County  (Napa Valley Marina), and two in Sonoma County (Point Sonoma Marina and Lake Sonoma Marina)

Overview and Scope of Work:  Solicit participation in a committee process to plan a network of permanent oil collection centers for Napa and Sonoma Counties. Stakeholders included Napa and Sonoma regional representatives and representatives from the agricultural and viticultural growers communities.

Target Audience(s): Agricultural growers of Napa and Sonoma Counties

Desired Behavior Changes:  Growers will transport up to 55 gallons of used oil to one of the network centers, where they dispose of their waste oil free of charge,

Desired Outcomes of Program:  Successful solicitation of sites for the used oil collection network, public or private. Complete all permitting and construction of the recycling center infrastructure within the grant period, allowing time to open and promote the recycling centers to the grower community. Future grower participation will substantially reduce the environmental hazard of improperly stored waste oil products. Raise awareness of used oil as a significant non-point source pollutant in the agricultural community.  Deliver the message of “convenient and cost-free participation” in recycling programs to avoid soil; watershed, and ocean pollution arising form used oil.

Results:  EA will retrofit one oil collection in south Napa County with pump out capability. One site in north Napa County may clear permitting prior to grant period end.  EA was so far unable to site a permanent oil collection center in Sonoma County.