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  2. Ballast Water Management Convention - Wikipedia

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    The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (Ballast Water Management Convention or BWM Convention) is a 2004 international maritime treaty which requires signatory flag states to ensure that ships flagged by them comply with standards and procedures for the management and control of ships' ballast water and sediments. [2]

  3. Ballast water regulation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Before the final ruling in ballast water standards in 2012, many vessels arriving from outside the EEZ were able to be exempted from safety regulations by exchanging ballast water mid-ocean. Vessels also had to report number of ballast water tanks, each tank's volume, and origin of the ballast water to be discharged.

  4. Regulation of ship pollution in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The VGP sets numeric ballast water discharge limits for large commercial vessels. The limits are expressed as the maximum acceptable concentration of living organisms per cubic meter of ballast water. [11] The Coast Guard worked with EPA in developing the scientific basis and the regulatory requirements in the VGP. [5]

  5. Ballast water discharge and the environment - Wikipedia

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    The Coast Guard issued ballast water regulations in 2012. [14] Under the authority of the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its latest Vessel General Permit in 2013. The permit sets numeric ballast water discharge limits for commercial vessels 79 feet (24 m) in length or greater.

  6. Hyde GUARDIAN® Ballast Water Treatment System Earns ... - AOL

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    Hyde GUARDIAN ® Ballast Water Treatment System Earns Alternate Management System Approval from United States Coast Guard PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYS: CCC ...

  7. Regrowth inside ballast tanks - Wikipedia

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    This water, called ballast water, which contains aquatic organisms typical of the port of arrival, is stored in ballast tanks and is ultimately discharged at the port of departure when the ship is ready to be re-loaded. During this process, aquatic organisms capable of surviving in ballast water are released into new environments and can ...

  8. Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations - Wikipedia

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    Vessels carrying oil, noxious liquid substances, garbage, municipal or commercial waste, and ballast water 153 Control of pollution by oil and hazardous substances, discharge removal 154 Facilities transferring oil or hazardous material in bulk 155 Oil or hazardous material pollution prevention regulations for vessels 156

  9. Corrosion in ballast tanks - Wikipedia

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    Therefore ongoing research attempts to find water treatment systems that kill invasive species, while not having a destructive effect on the ballast tank coatings. [6] As double-hulled tankers were introduced it meant that there was more ballast tank area had to be coated and therefore a greater capital investment for ship owners.