BALLAST
WATER
ISSUES
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9,
2003,
Vol.
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No.
174,
page
53165
A.
Federal
Register
B.
Supporting
References
C.
Public
Comments
Received
on
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A.
Federal
Register
1.
Availability
of
Decision
on
Petition
for
Rulemaking
to
Repeal
Regulation
Related
to
Ballast
Water,
September
9,
2003,
Vol.
68,
No.
174,
page
53165
2.
Availability
of
Draft
Ballast
Water
Report
and
Request
for
Comments.
September
27,
2001.
Volume
66,
Number
188.
Pages
49381­
49382.
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B.
Supporting
References
1.
USEPA.
2001.
Aquatic
Nuisance
Species
in
Ballast
Water
Discharges:
Issues
and
Options.
Draft
Report
for
Public
Comment.
Office
of
Wetlands,
Oceans,
and
Watersheds,
Office
of
Wastewater
Management.
Washington,
DC.
September
10.
53
pp.
(
Http://
www.
epa.
gov/
owow/
invasive_
species/
petition.
html)
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2.
USEPA.
2001.
Appendices
to
Aquatic
Nuisance
Species
in
Ballast
Water
Discharges:
Issues
and
Options.
Office
of
Wetlands,
Oceans
and
Watersheds.
September
10.
85
pp.
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3.
USEPA.
2001.
Fact
Sheet.
Aquatic
Nuisance
Species
in
Ballast
Water
Discharges.
September.
2
pp.
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4.
USEPA.
2001.
E­
mail
Memo.
From:
Craig
Vogt.
To:
Multiple
EPA
Group
Lists.
Subject:
Announcing
the
availability
of
the
Ballast
Water
Report.
September
26.
8
pp.
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5.
USCG,
2001
Report
to
Congress
on
the
Voluntary
National
Guidelines
for
Ballast
Water
Management.
November
2001.
80
pp.
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6.
Petition
to
Repeal
40
CFR
123.(
a),
dated
January
13,
1999,
to
Carol
Browner,
Administrator,
US
EPA
from
Craig
N.
Johnson,
Attorney
for
Petitioners,
Pacific
Environmental
Advocacy
Center
and
attachments
1)
Letter
from
J.
Charles
Fox
to
Craig
Johnson,
Esq.
regarding
the
letter
expressing
concern
over
the
introduction
of
non­
indigenous
species;
2)
Letter
from
Craig
Johnson
to
Dorn
Carlson,
US
EPA
regarding
the
applicability
of
the
CWA
to
Ballast
Water
Discharges,
dated
September
17,
1999;
3)
Letter
to
Carol
Browner,
US
EPA,
from
Craig
Johnston
regarding
date
of
original
petition
to
repeal
40
CFR
122.3(
a)
dated
January
5,
2001;
4)
Letter
from
Diane
Regas,
Acting
Assistant
Administrator,
regarding
his
letter
date
January
5,
2001
to
Administrator
Carol
Browner(
dated
February
7,
2001)
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7.
USCG
2003.
Memorandum
of
Understanding
Between
The
United
States
Coast
Guard,
Office
of
Marine
Safety,
Security
and
Environmental
Protection
and
The
United
States
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Office
of
Water
for
EIS
Activities
under
NEPA
for
NANPCA
Rulemaking.
August
2003.
6pp.
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8.
Memorandum
of
Agreement
Between
The
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Office
of
Research
and
Development,
National
Risk
Management
Research
Laboratory
and
National
Exposure
Research
Laboratory
;
Environmental
Technology
Verification
Program
and
The
U.
S.
Coast
Guard
on
Collaborative
Environmental
Technology
Verification.
June
12,
2001.11
pp.
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9.
Correspondence
by
Email
to
various
persons
in
EPA
on
various
reports
and
meetings.
November,
2000.
7
pp.
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10.
EPA
Current
Activities­
Attachment
3.
July
31,
2003.
4
pp.
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11.
Response
on
Decision
for
Rulemaking
to
Repeal
40
CFR
122.3(
a),
dated
September
2,
2003
signed
by
Marianne
Lamont
Horinko,
Acting
Administrator.
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