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

Ships Dump New Alien Species Into the Mediterranean Every Nine Days (June 2010)

USCG IMO e-Newsletter (June 2010)

New York ballast regulation a victory over Great Lakes invasive species (June 2010)

Lloyd’s Register Guide to Ballast Water Treatment Technology (2010)

Report Prepared by the Oregon Task Force on the Shipping Transport of AIS for the 2011 Oregon Legislature (June 2010)

Committee on Assessing Numeric Limits for Living Organisms in Ballast Water (May 2010)

Globallast Forum (April 2010)

Environmental ‘blockade’ threatens Seaway (April 2010)

Update on Implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention (IMO) (March 2010)

Ballast Water Treatment Market Remains Buoyant (March 2010)

Archived News