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SHIP BALLAST WATER LAW IS A MUST.(Editorial)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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January 4, 2001
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2001 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Now that it's clearly understood that ballast water in ships is spreading all manner of exotic, nuisance species into the nation's waterways, Puget Sound and the Columbia River estuary among them, it's time for Congress to act.
The way to come to grips with the ballast water transport of exotic species -- and the huge costs of eradicating or controlling them -- is to enact one federal law that uniformly applies in all the nation's ports. Instead, individual states, including Washington and Oregon, are enacting their own regulations to try to prevent ecological catastrophes in their states.
The West Coast is under siege from the Chinese mitten crab, for example. ...
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Effectiveness and Kinetics of Ferrate as a Disinfectant for Ballast Water
Water Environment Research;
June 1, 2008 ;
Jessen, Andrea; Randall, Andrew; Reinhart, Debra; Daly, Luke;
787 words
......international standards for successful ballast water treatment, including final concentrations...grown in saline solution to simulate ballast water and were treated with dosages of ferrate...effective disinfectant in the treatment of ballast water. Water Environ. Res., 80, 561 ...
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New rules on treating ballast water.
Kiplinger Business Forecasts;
September 11, 2000 ;
640 words
......state and federal rules for handling ballast water. The strict new rules are designed...Ships tote more than 10 billion tons of ballast water, which provides critical heft and stability...invertebrates and fish. Often, after ballast water is discharged in other ports or coastal...
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Invasive Species: Progress and Challenges in Preventing Introduction into...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;
January 1, 2006 ;
644 words
......been introduced into U.S. waters via ballast water discharged from ships and have caused...introduced in the past 30 years by ballast water and other sources. The effects of such...and 2000. Species introductions via ballast water are not confined to the Great Lakes...
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Microorganisms found in foreign ballast water
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
November 2, 2000 ;
JEFF DONN;
373 words
...Microorganisms found in foreign ballast water Pathogens in water that keeps ships...ports from abroad every year in the ballast water that keeps ships stable, a study says...danger than bigger, known invaders in ballast water, such as zebra mussels. The research...
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Theory and Preliminary Analysis of Species Invasions from Ballast Water:...
The American Midland Naturalist;
October 1, 2005 ;
Drake, John M; Lodge, David M; Lewis, Mark;
787 words
......Introductions of non-indigenous species in ballast water are one of the greatest threats to...reducing the release of organisms from ballast water are under consideration nationally...for controlling introductions from ballast water has been retarded by the lack of relevant...
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STATE'S NEW BALLAST WATER RULES AIMED TO REDUCE INTRODUCTION, SPREAD OF...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
December 3, 2007 ;
484 words
......adopted administrative rules to manage ballast water discharge from vessels operating in Hawai'i waters. Ballast water is taken in by ships to provide...and minimize introductions from ballast water. "The goals of these newly adopted...
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Rep. LaTourette Introduces Ballast Water Management Act
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
June 4, 2007 ;
787 words
......LaTourette, R-Ohio, has introduced the Ballast Water Management Act of 2007 (H.R. 2423...for the management and treatment of ballast water to prevent the introduction of nonindigenous...full-text of the legislation follows:Ballast Water Management Act of 2007H.R. 2423To provide...
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DRAFT BILLS TO ADDRESS INVASIVE SPECIES IN BALLAST WATER, AIR POLLUTION...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
July 10, 2006 ;
787 words
......press release: Two draft bills to improve ballast water management methods and implement international...O'Hare, Vice President, World Shipping Council Ballast Water Management Ballast water has long been recognized as a means by which...
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Stemming the tide on dirty ballast; A state agency is poised to bar big...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
September 23, 2008 ;
Meersman, Tom;
787 words
......prohibit ships from dumping untreated ballast water into Duluth-Superior harbor and other...act because Duluth receives far more ballast water than any other Great Lakes port, making...large ships to begin treating their ballast water before dumping it, beginning in 2016...
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State lawmakers, MPCA are trying to force ships to treat ballast...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
March 26, 2008 ;
Meersman, Tom;
787 words
......force ships to stop dumping untreated ballast water in Lake Superior. Although a bill in...top location in the Great Lakes for ballast water discharge. Among other foreign species...eventually require shipowners to treat ballast water to kill or to remove foreign bacteria...
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Ballast water management breakthrough.
Marine Log;
July 1, 2000 ;
509 words
......invasive species imported in ships' ballast water--and they are being listened to by regulators. Ballast water management has become one of the...other will focus on alternatives to ballast water exchange. Open ocean exchange of...
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Lloyd's Register releases guide to ballast water treatment technology.
M2 Presswire;
July 9, 2007 ;
480 words
......Lloyd's Register releases guide to ballast water treatment technology(C)1994-2007 M2...Register has today released a new Guide to Ballast Water Treatment Technology that provides...available and developing technologies for ballast water treatment. It is the result of work...
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Inside Washington ballast water management NPRM is out.(Update)
Marine Log;
September 1, 2003 ;
361 words
......story. That's because current voluntary ballast water management (BWM) practices could become...voluntary regulations governing mid-ocean ballast water exchanges by allowing a ballast water exchange to occur at any location not...
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Lloyd's Register issues new Ballast Water Treatment Technology guide.
M2 Presswire;
September 23, 2008 ;
551 words
......Register: Lloyd's Register issues new Ballast Water Treatment Technology guide(C)1994-2008...The latest Lloyd's Register guide to Ballast Water Treatment Technology is now available...available and developing technologies for ballast water treatment. The publication, which will...
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GOV. GRANHOLM CALLS ON GREAT LAKES GOVERNORS, CANADIAN PREMIERS FOR...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
August 29, 2007 ;
401 words
......enacting legislation that regulates ballast water discharge from ocean-going ships. Granholm...she signed into law that regulates ballast water discharges in Michigan. "We should...caused by the next species to arrive in ballast water," Granholm said. "I urge you to join...
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