Pacific Ballast Water Group

Past Meetings

PBWG Meeting January 14-15, 2009

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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