Talk:Ballast water regulation in the United States

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Page move
I moved the page from Ballast water discharge and the environment since it was only about the US (and it was tagged with globalize/USA). -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 07:31, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Propose adding text on National Research Council report
In 2011, the National Research Council released a report that discussed plans to regulate the concentration of living organisms in ballast water.


 * To minimize the spread of invasive species in U.S. waterways, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard are developing plans to regulate the concentration of living organisms discharged in the ballast water of ships. A June 2011 National Research Council study provided advice on the process of setting these limits. The study found that determining the exact number of organisms that could be expected to launch a new population is complex. It suggested an initial step of establishing a benchmark for the concentrations of organisms in ballast water below current levels, and then using models to analyze experimental and field-based data to help inform future decisions about ballast water discharge standards.

Does this seem OK? Earlgrey101 (talk) 17:26, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

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