EPA's Proposed Vessel General Permits: Background and Issues

Copeland, Claudia

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Water resources;    Water;    Ships;   

RP-ID  :  R42142
RP-ID  :  R42142_2012Jun18

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

In November 2011 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed two Clean Water Act permits to regulate certain types of discharges from vessels into U.S. waters. This report is an overview of the proposed permits and two key issues: inclusion of numeric performance standards to limit ballast water discharges from vessels, and controversies about the role of states in regulating vessel discharges.