Pacific Ballast Water Group

Past Meetings

PBWG Meeting January 12-13, 2010

PBWG Meeting January 14-15, 2009

PBWG Meeting December 4-5, 2007

Alternative Ballast Water Exchange Areas Meeting, June 20-22, 2006

PBWG Meeting, April 20, 2006

Testing of Ballast Water Treatment Systems Workshop, June 14-15, 2005

PBWG Meeting, June 30,2004

PBWG Meeting, January 8, 2003

PBWG Meeting, April 15-16, 2002

Recent 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)

Environmentalists, Shippers Criticize Ballast Plan (December 2009)

Wisconsin DNR announces start of state ballast water regulation of Great Lakes ships (November 2009)

CSLC Technology Assessment Update (October 2009)

Archived News