Pacific Ballast Water Group

State Agency Ballast Water Contacts

Alaska

Tammy Davis
Invasive Species Program, Project Leader
Box 25526
Juneau, AK 99802-5526
(907) 465-6183
tammy.davis@alaska.gov

Washington

Allen Pleus
WDFW, ANS Coordinator
600 Capitol Way N.
Olympia, WA 98501-1091
(360) 902-2724
allen.pleus@dfw.wa.gov

Pam Meacham
WDFW
600 Capitol Way N.
Olympia, WA 98501-1091
(360) 902-2741
meachpmm@dfw.wa.gov

California

Maurya B. Falkner
California Ballast Water Program Manager
California State Lands Commission
Marine Facilities Division
100 Howe Ave, Suite 100 South
Sacramento, CA 95825-8202
Ph: (916) 574-2568
Fax: (916) 574-1955
falknem@slc.ca.gov

Oregon

Rian C. Hooff
Ballast Water Program Manager
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
811 SW 6th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
Ph: (503) 229-6865
Fax: (503) 229-6954
hooff.rian@deq.state.or.us

Federal

Dr. Richard Everett
Environmental Standards Division (G-PSO-4)
United States Coast Guard Headquarters
2100 2nd St. SW, Washington DC 20359
(202) 372-1436
richard.a.everett@uscg.mil

Canada

Bonnie Antcliffe, Manager
Director of Resource Management Program Delivery
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
200 – 401 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3S4
(604) 666-6931
bonnie.antcliffe@dfo-mpo.qc.ca

Recent News

Federal Register notice released on  the draft 2013  VGP (December 2011)

EPA proposes standards for cleansing ship ballast water (December 2011)

EPA eyes invasive species initiative (December 2011)

Canada Ramps up Pressure on NY over BWT (November 2011)

House OKs bill setting national ballast standard (November 2011)

SERC Study: Ballast Water Measures Are Falling Short (November 2011)

Federal Standards for Ships’ Ballast Water in U.S. Waters @OMB (November 2011)

New Ballast Water Regulations for NY to Cost Canada Billions, and Threatens Thousands of Jobs (October 2011)

Ballast Bill undermines progress, conservationists say (October 2011)

UM “barging” into fight vs invasive species (September 2011)

Archived News