Library
On-Line
Every document referenced on this
website (plan, technical paper or report, law, regulation or guideline) will be provided
here for viewing or downloading.
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Technical Papers and Presentations |
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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, SOCP Ballast Water Panel,
February 2002 |
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Alaska Tanker Company, SOCP Ballast Water Panel, February 2002 |
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US
Coast Guard, SOCP Ballast Water Panel, February 2002 |
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BP Shipping's Ozone Generator Project, September 2001 |
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Stolt Nielsen's Optimar Ballast Treatment Installation, September 2001 |
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Fednav's Ballast Treatment Technology Presentation, September 2001 |
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Polar Tanker Company's Ballast Treatment Presentation, September 2001 |
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Maritime
Solutions Ballast Water Treatment System - A Shipboard Trial, May 2001 |
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Great Lakes Ballast
Technology Demonstration Project – Biological Effectiveness Test Program, March 2001 |
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Great Lakes Ballast
Technology Demonstration Project – Filtration Mechanical Test Program |
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Congressional Testimony |
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Captain
Michael Brown, USCG, May 15, 2002 |
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Timothy
Keeney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce, May 15, 2002 |
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Jack
Robinson, Vice President of OSG Ship Management, May 15, 2002 |
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Richard
Steinke, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach, May 15, 2002 |
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Allegra Cangelosi , Senior Policy Analyst, Northeast-Midwest Institute,
May 15, 2002 |
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Linda
Sheehan, Director, Ocean Conservancy, May 15, 2002 |
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David
Lodge, University of Norte Dame, June 20, 2002 |
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David
Smith, Smith College, June 20, 2002 |
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Greg
Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, June 20, 2002 |
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Allegra
Cangelosi, Northeast-Midwest Institute, June 20, 2002 |
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Maurya
Falkner, California State Lands Commission, June 20, 2002 |
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Reports and Proposals |
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US Coast Guard, Report to Congress (Revised), May 2002 |
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Lloyd's
Register of Shipping, Ballast Water Management, Present and Future Directions (undated) |
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US
Environmental Protection Agency, Aquatic Nuisance Species in Ballast Water Discharges:
Issues and Options (Draft), September 10, 2001 |
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Summary Report of NISA Reauthorization Workshop, California Maritime
Academy, June 2001 |
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Lloyd’s
Register Technical Association, Ballast Water Management, June 2001 |
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Report of the Great Lakes Water
Quality Board to the International Joint Commission, May 2001 |
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Abstracts from Ballast
Water Treatment Symposium, March 2001 |
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Workshop Report, Ballast Water
Treatment Symposium, March 2001 |
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Browning Transport Management, Proposal to US Department of Transportation
for "Determination of the Aquahabistat System as an Approved Ballast Water Treatment
Method...", February 2001 |
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Norwegian
Research Council - Ballast Water Transfer Atlas - Hazard Assessment and Decision Support |
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Legislation/Regulations/Guidelines/Policy Papers |
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National |
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Final
Rule - NISA 1996, November 21, 2001 |
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107th Congress –
HR 1680 – To require the issuance of regulations pursuant to the National
Invasive Species Act of 1996, to assure to the maximum extent practicable, that vessels
entering the Great Lakes do not discharge ballast water that introduces or spreads
nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such ballast water and its sediments through the
most effective and efficient techniques available, and for other purposes. |
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107th
Congress – S 1034 – To amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention
and Control Act of 1990 to require the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate and
review regulations to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that vessels entering the
Great Lakes do not spread nonindigenous aquatic species, to require treatment of ballast
water and its sediments through the most effective and efficient techniques available, and
for other purposes. |
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Interim Rule –
NISA 1996 |
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International |
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Report of
MEPC - 47th Session |
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U.S. Discussion Papers
to MEPC |
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IMO Ballast Water Guidelines |
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Australia's Mandatory
Ballast Water Requirements |
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Guidelines for the
Control of Ballast Water Discharge from Ships in Waters Under Canadian Jurisdiction |
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State/Regional |
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Washington
Ballast Water Regulations, Modified - June 2003 |
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Washington
State Ballast Water Law, Modified - June 2003 |
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Maryland
Ballast Water Regulations, July 2002 |
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Virginia
Ballast Water Regulations, December 2001 |
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Oregon
Senate Bill 895, 2001 Session |
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Washington State DFW letter to Ship Operators and Agents; Implementation
of BW Management Regulations, September 2001 |
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Washington Ballast
Water Regulations, September 2001 |
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Recommendations for
the Reauthorization of NISA 1996, Ballast Water Task Force, Chesapeake Bay Program, May
2001 |
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Great Lakes Commission Ballast Water Management Policy, March 2001 |
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California
Vessel Ballast Water Management Plan, April 2000 |
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California
Ballast Water Law, October 1999 |
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Washington Ballast Water Management Requirements |
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Virginia Ballast Water
Law |
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Washington
Ballast Water Law |
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Summary
of State Laws and Regulations Relating to Ballast Water (as of 1999) |
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