LEGISLATION TO PREVENT INTRODUCTION OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES IN U.S....

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the Pacific, ballast water has been the incubator of harmful invasive species. Our bill is...preventing aquatic invasive species from getting...waterways, and ship ballast water is a primary...vessels by 2016. Ballast water operations are...the National ...

Invasive Species: Progress and Challenges in Preventing Introduction into...

General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  January 1, 2006 ;     644 words ......introduction of invasive species via ships' ballast water. Congress recognized...the National Invasive Species Act, elevated ballast water management to...introduction of invasive species via ships' ballast water. State governments...

REP. KNOLLENBERG FIGHTS TO KEEP INVASIVE SPECIES OUT OF GREAT LAKES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 24, 2008 ;     292 words ......Lakes from invasive species spread by ballast water discharges...before the ballast water can be released...Great Lakes. Invasive species such as zebra...of these invasive species have made...untreated ballast water, ballast...

Stemming the tide on dirty ballast; A state agency is poised to bar big...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ......far more ballast water than any...risk from invasive species. They come...gallons of ballast water give a ship...can contain invasive species and diseases...known that ballast water is a source of invasive species, said Henry...

MICHIGAN'S FIRST BALLAST WATER PERMITS ISSUED

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 23, 2007 ;     389 words ......Michigan's new ballast water control law...introduction of invasive species into the...of aquatic invasive species. NaviBulgar...discharging ballast water; however...introduction of invasive species from ballast water."Contact...

REP. EHLERS SUPPORTS BILL TO PREVENT SPREAD OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 24, 2007 ;     394 words ......from aquatic invasive species. The Ballast Water Management...by 2016. Ballast water operations...National Invasive Species Act, which...introduction of invasive species to coastal...Furthermore, ballast water exchange...

REP. EHLERS' EFFORT TO STOP INVASIVE SPECIES APPROVED

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 28, 2007 ;     446 words ......establish a new ballast water management program...spread of aquatic invasive species. The bill was...influx of aquatic invasive species into the Great...waterways. Ballast water is the primary way aquatic invasive species reach the Great...the threat of ...

SEN. FEINGOLD BACKS EFFORT TO PROTECT GREAT LAKES FROM INVASIVE SPECIES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 1, 2007 ;     345 words ......critical issue of ballast water bringing invasive species into the Great...of aquatic invasive species. Ballast water, the largest...to establish ballast water treatment requirements...of aquatic invasive species is a priority...

FEINGOLD BACKS EFFORT TO PROTECT GREAT LAKES FROM INVASIVE SPECIES

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  November 1, 2007 ;     379 words ......critical issue of ballast water bringing invasive species into the Great...of aquatic invasive species. Ballast water, the largest...to establish ballast water treatment requirements...of aquatic invasive species is a priority...

REP. MILLER INTRODUCES COMPREHENSIVE NEW LEGISLATION TO PROTECT GREAT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 6, 2006 ;     489 words ......of damaging invasive species into the Great...implement stricter ballast water treatment and...Miller said. "Ballast water from ocean-going...introduction of invasive species, and for years...introduction of invasive species through ballast ...

INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT AND THREATS TO CORAL REEFS:GEORGE ALLEN

Congressional Testimony;  June 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the impact of Ballast Water Invasive Species Management...efforts to treat ballast water so the impact of invasive species on the environment...system for ballast water that both reduces...the spread of invasive species and reduces...

The Nature Conservancy Urges House to Pass Ballast Water Legislation

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 23, 2008 ;     439 words ......through which invasive species are introduced...passed, the Ballast Water Treatment Act...through which invasive species are introduced." The Ballast Water Treatment Act...to eradicate invasive species carried in ships ballast water, and to ...

AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES TASK FORCE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO 2009...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 13, 2008 ;     680 words ......handle aquatic invasive species coming into...governing ballast water reporting...water and invasive species in Oregon...address aquatic invasive species. DEQ presided...up Oregon's ballast water reporting...

DRAFT BILLS TO ADDRESS INVASIVE SPECIES IN BALLAST WATER, AIR POLLUTION...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ......America, Global Invasive Species Initiative...Shipping Council Ballast Water Management Ballast water has long been...means by which invasive species are transported...the National Invasive Species Act, the Federal...to conduct ballast water ...

BALLAST WATER PERMITS NOW AVAILABLE - PROGRAM TO HELP FIGHT AGAINST...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 19, 2006 ;     397 words ......to treat their ballast water prior to entering...prevent aquatic invasive species from being introduced...without cargo. The ballast water is then released...Often these invasive species have no natural...determined the ballast water treatment ...