Stopping the Invasion - Eliminating Aquatic Nuisance Species Using Ozone   Home | Contact Us      » Who is Nutech O3? » News - Updated! » Legislative Updates - Updated! » Aquatic Nuisance Species » Ozone: Its Properties and Uses » Recent Projects » Research Partners » Nutech O3, Inc. Publications » Photo Gallery » Links Many of the files offered on this site are in Adobe's PDF format. Download the free reader. Legislative Updates  July 21, 2008 - Comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed ballast water discharge regulation. (PDF 142KB)  July 25, 2005 - Senate Commerce Committee Passes the Ballast Water Managment Act. (PDF 38KB)  April 13, 2005 - The National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2005 is introduced in the US House of Representatives by Hon. Vernon J. Ehlers of Michigan and Hon. Wayne T. Gilchrest of Maryland. (PDF 23KB)  March 30, 2005 - U.S. District Court Decision in Northwest Environmental Advocates, et alv. Environmental Protection Agency: EPA Must Regulate Ballast Water Discharges. This ruling compels EPA to regulate all ballast water discharges, whether they are in ocean ports or on the Great Lakes. (PDF 27KB)  March 7, 2005 - Legislative Update covering the current status of the Ballast Water Management Act and the probability that the shipping industry may sign off on it, especially if it is amended. (PDF 10KB)  February 15, 2005 - Legislative Update covering the recently introduced Ballast Water Management Act (Inouye-Stevens) (PDF 11KB) This bill is a serious effort at legislatively enacting the IMO's Ballast Water Treaty.

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