Talk:Regulation of ship pollution in the United States

Proposed merge from Vessels General Permit
The VGP article has very little content, has had almost no substantive updates in several years, and is mostly redundant with Regulation of ship pollution in the United States. Moreau1 (talk) 18:59, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge completed. Moreau1 (talk) 20:32, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Addition
I just added the following paragraph to the Environmental Impact of Shipping article, and would like to add it here also:


 * 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.

Please let me know if you have any objections— Earlgrey101 (talk) 20:18, 22 June 2011 (UTC)