[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 29287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11129]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2016-0368]
Practicability Review: Standards for Living Organisms in Ships'
Ballast Water Discharged in United States Waters
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of its
Practicability Review conducted for the purpose of determining whether
technology to comply with a performance standard more stringent than
that required by the Coast Guard's current regulations on Ballast Water
Discharges can be practicably implemented and whether testing protocols
that can assure accurate measurement of compliance with a more
stringent performance standard can be practicably implemented. Coast
Guard ballast water regulations require the Coast Guard to undertake
and publish the results of its Practicability Review. In the
Practicability Review, we conclude that, at this time, technology to
achieve a significant improvement in ballast water treatment efficacy
onboard vessels cannot be practicably implemented. The reason for this
determination is that, as of the date of completion of the
Practicability Review, there are no data demonstrating that ballast
water management systems can meet a discharge standard more stringent
than the existing performance standards. In light of this
determination, the Coast Guard has not evaluated whether testing
protocols exist which can accurately measure efficacy of treatment
against a performance standard more stringent than the existing
performance standards.
DATES: The Practicability Review is available on May 11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The Practicability Review is available at: http://homeport.uscg.mil/ballastwater under Regulations and Policy Documents.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
call CDR Meridena Kauffman, Chief, Environmental Standards Division
(CG-OES-3), Coast Guard, telephone 202--372-1430, email
[email protected].
Dated: May 5, 2016.
J.G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2016-11129 Filed 5-10-16; 8:45 am]
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