Article: DRAFT BILLS TO ADDRESS INVASIVE SPECIES IN BALLAST WATER, AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION FROM SHIPS TO BE FOCUS OF HEARING

Article: Rules Offered on Ships' Ballast Water; Coast ...
The Washington Post;  August 30, 2009 ;     652 words ...The Coast Guard issued proposed ... standards for ballast water treatment ... to treat ballast water in order ... proposed Coast Guard regulations ... meter of ballast water. California ... 2013. But Coast Guard and industry ...

Article: Virginia Ships to Use New Method to Kill Invasive Species in ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... killing potentially invasive species carried in ship ballast water. A Coast Guard official in charge of reviewing such systems said ... promising alternatives to having ships exchange ballast water at sea. That might be good news for a Norfolk shipper ...

Article: Proposed rules aim to shield U.S. from invasive species in ships' ...
The Virginian Pilot;  August 30, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... WASHINGTON The Coast Guard has proposed standards for ballast-water treatment that ... place to treat ballast water to kill living ... The proposed Coast Guard regulations ... cubic meter of ballast water. But Coast Guard and industry ...

Article: Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox Demands Timely Ballast ...
PR Newswire;  September 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... opposing Senate Bill 363, the "Ballast Water Management Act of 2005 ... responsibility for regulating ballast water discharges on the Coast Guard, rather than the EPA. According ... control pollutant discharges in ballast water; preempts states' ability ...

Article: Tough standards for ballast water make it into ...
Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN);  June 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... to treat their ballast water to kill invasive ... on Tuesday. The Coast Guard Authorization Act ... to treat their ballast water to prevent the ... fully remove from ballast water. The U.S. Coast Guard would be required ...

Article: HOUSE ESTABLISHES NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR BALLAST ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... species. The Coast Guard Reauthorization ... from the ballast water of ocean ... to develop ballast water treatment ... ballast, the Coast Guard Reauthorization ... in their ballast water systems. * Allows the Coast Guard to test a ...

Invasive Species: Progress and Challenges in Preventing Introduction into ...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... convention on ballast water management that ... Since 1998, Coast Guard data show that ... with existing ballast water exchange requirements ... from current ballast water exchange requirements, (2) the Coast Guard has not established ...