Archived News
EPA Requests Public Comments on Vessel Water Discharges Report (March 2010)
Proposed Regulation: Performance Standards for the Discharge of Ballast Water For Vessels Operating In California Waters (Updated February 4, 2010)
Court Upholds New York State’s Tough Ballast Water Rules (February 2010)
USCG IMO e-Newsletter (January 2010)
IMO Circular on procedure for approval of ballast water management systems that make use of Active Substances (January 2010)
AFP: Shipping Map Helps Combat Invasive Species at Sea (January 2010)
IMO: Approvals of Ballast Water Management Systems that Make Use of Active Substances (September 2009)
OceanSaver announces Ballast Water Management System contract for large ships (January 2010)
Wisconsin DNR announces start of state ballast water regulation of Great Lakes ships (November 2009)
CSLC Technology Assessment Update (October 2009)
Coast Guard considers new rules to regulate ballast; takes up where Congress left off – Great Lakes Echo (October 2009)
Slimy-skinned ships to slip smoothly through the seas (September 2009)
Bill introduced to implement Anti-Fouling Convention – Clean Hull Act of 2009 (H.R. 3618) (Septmeber 2009)
Proposed Ballast Water Discharge Standard Rulemaking White Paper, USCG (September 2009)
Standards for Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters; Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (September 2009)
IMO News Issue 2, 2009
U.S. Navy Developing Sustainable Biocide To Keep Barnacles At Bay – Green Diary (August 2009)
Funding Secured For World’s Only Fresh Water Ballast Treatment Facility (August 2009)
Research from San Francisco Bay: The role of containerships as transfer mechanisms of marine biofouling species (July 2009)
Federal Prosecution for Ballast Water Violation (July 2009)
WWF Releases Report on The spread of marine invasive species via ships’ ballast water (July 2009)
Treating Ballast Water Could Fight Invasive Species : NPR
EPA Announces the Availability of the Vessels eNOI System (June 2009)
Washington Adopts New Ballast Water Rules (June 2009)
USCG Ballast Water Discharge Standard Rulemaking (May 2009)
State of California Issues Proposed Rulemaking: Performance Standards for the Discharge of Ballast Water for Vessels Operating in California Waters (May 7, 2009)
Summary of West Coast Ballast Water Regulations (Pleus, WDFW, April 2009)
Golden Bear Project Update (January 2009)
Environmental Organizations Sue Agency Over Ship Discharges and Invasive Species (January 12, 2009)
EPA Issues Final Vessel General Permit, but court delays Implementation until February 6, 2009 (December 2008)
Marine Biofouling & Invasive Species: Guidelines for Prevention and Management (2008)
Environmental Standards Update, US Coast Guard (Fall 2008)
Ballast-free cargo ship could slow the spread of invasive species
Wilhelmsen Ships Equipment test installs innovative ballast water system (September 24, 2008)
CRS issues a report on regulating ballast water /current legislative issues (August 28, 2008)
Deadline for the EPA Vessel General Permit Extended to December 19 (September 3, 2008)
Environmental Standards Update, US Coast Guard (July 2008)
EPA Proposes Vessel Discharge Permits (June 16, 2008)
RBT Signs Deal with Wilhelmsen Maritime Services on Ballast Water Treatment System (June 2008)
USCG and EPA release domestic ballast water management initiative (April 2008)
Coast Guard Seeks Comments on Environmental Impact of Ballast Water Treatment Systems (April 4, 2008)
Clean Boating Act of 2008 (S. 2766) introduced, would exempt recreational vessels from the requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (March 13, 2008)
Environmental Standards Update, US Coast Guard (February 2008)
ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY, AVAILABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF BALLAST WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR USE IN CALIFORNIA WATERS (CASLC, December 2007)
Great Ships Initiative – Ballast Water Treatment Technology Project (October 2007)
Canada to Beef up Ballast Water Enforcement (October 2007)
NOAA & Smithsonian Say U.S. Waters Safer from Invasive Species if Ships Flush and Fill Ballast Water at Sea (September 24, 2007)
Congressional Research Service Report: Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species (August 2007)
EPA Considers How to Develop Vessel Discharge Permit Program (June 2007)
Environmental Standards Update, US Coast Guard (April 2007)
Environmental Standards Update, US Coast Guard (February 2007)
New Ballast Regulations Could Hurt Michigan and the Shipping Industry (January 5, 2007)
Coast Guard Ballast Water Environmental Standards Update (November 2006)
Michigan’s New Ballast Water Regime: …States’ Rights, Federal Preemption, and International Commerce (October 2006)
Report on Ballast Water Management in Oregon (October 2006)
Court Vacates Federal Regulation Excluding Ballast Water Discharges from Clean Water Act (September 2006)
Canada introduces new mandatory ballast water regulations (July, 14 2006)
California announces new ballast water management regulations (March 23, 2006)
INVASIVE SPECIES: Progress and Challenges in Preventing Introductioninto U.S. Waters Via theBallast Water in Ships; Testimony Before the United States House of Representatives by the Government Accountability Office (September 9, 2005)
2005 Workshop Report on Testing of Ballast Water Treatment Systems: General Guidelines and Step-wise Strategy Toward Shipboard Testing (June 14-16, 2005)
BALLAST WATER RULE COMPARISON TABLE
BALLAST WATER TREATMENT STANDARD COMPARISON TABLE
