Ballast Water Documents

2012

Interim Guidance for Acceptance of Alternate Management Systems, Independent Laboratories, and Type Approval of BWM Systems (13 April 2012, USCG)

USCG Standards for Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters (March 23, 2012)

2011

Invasive Aquatic Species – A Proposed Alternative Solution (Hull Fouling) (Hydrex 2011)

Ballast Discharge Monitoring System for Great Lakes Relevant Ships: A Guidebook (GSI, 2011)

Economic Assessments for Ballast Water Management: A Guideline (GloBallast 2011)

Efficacy of Ballast Water Treatment Systems: a Report by the EPA Science Advisory Board (July 2011)

Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water (NRC 2011)

Ballast Water Management in the Great Lakes Reduces the Introduction of Aquatic Invasive Species: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Study (June 2011)

SAB Draft Report dated March 3, 2011 for EPEC Ballast Water Review (EPA Science Advisory Board 2011)

Evaluating Efficacy of an Environmental Policy to Prevent Biological Invasions (Bailey et al. 2011)

Enumerating Sparse Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water: Why Counting to 10 Is Not So Easy (Miller et al. 2011)

2010

Emergency Response Guide for Handling Ballast Water to Control Non-Indigenous Species (Reynolds et al. 2010)

Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species Position Statement on a National Ballast Water Discharge Standard (2010)

Performance Standards for the Discharge of Ballast Water for Vessels Operating in California Waters (2010)

Availability and Efficacy of Ballast Water Treatment Technology: Background and Issue Paper (Albert et al. 2010)

Density Matters: Review of Approaches to Setting Organism-Based Ballast Water Discharge Standards (Lee, Reusser, Frazier and Ruiz, 2010)

2009

Silent Invasion – The spread of marine invasive species via ships’ ballast water (WWF 2009)

2009 Great Lakes Seaway Ballast Water Working Group Report

USCG Draft Ballast Water Discharge Standard (BWDS) rulemaking package (2009)

Proposed Ballast Water Discharge Standard Rulemaking (2009)

IMO: List of ballast water management systems that make use of Active Substances which received Basic and Final Approvals (2009)

2008

California Ballast Water Treatment Technology Testing Guidelines (2008)

Guidelines on Marine Biofouling and Invasive Species (GISP 2008)

Managing Aquatic Invasive Species Risks from Shipping Transport Pathways (State of Oregon 2008)

EPA Vessel General Permit for Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of Vessels (2008)

Regulating Ballast Water Discharges: Current Legislative Issues (CRS 2008)

2007

Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species (CRS 2007)

Managing Hull-Borne Invasive Species and Coastal Water Quality for California and Baja California Boats Kept in Saltwater (Johnson et al.  2007)

2006

Issue paper: Ballast Water Issue Paper (Management Technologies Shore Based Treatment, Hull Fouling and NOBOBs, Regulations, Legislation) (Phillips 2006)

Proceedings: ABWEA_Final_Workshop on Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Areas: Physical and Biological Oceanographic Considerations (June 20-22, 2006)

2005

Progress and Challenges in Preventing Introduction into U.S. Waters Via the Ballast Water in Ships (GAO 2005)

allast Water Exchange: Efficacy of treating ships’ ballast water to reduce marine species transfers and invasion success? (Ruiz et al. 2005)

Report: Workshop Report on Testing of Ballast Water Treatment Systems: General Guidelines and Step-wise Strategy Toward Shipboard Testing (June 14-16 2005, Portland, Oregon)

2004

Ecological and Oceanographic Criteria for Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Zones in the Pacific Region (Levings and Forman 2004)

2003

An Analysis of the Oregon Coastal Exchage Requirement (Vinograd 2003)

2000

Ballast Water and Shipping Patterns in Puget Sound: Considerations for Siting of Alternative Ballast Water Exchange Zones (PSWQAT 2000)