Following a December 4, 2019, teleconference with agents from UNITED STATE states and also regions, the UNITED STATE Coast Guard has actually developed a functioning team to attend to problems connected to the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act.
VIDA was authorized right into legislation onDec 4, 2018 and also develops brand-new duties for the Coast Guard to apply UNITED STATE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) efficiency requirements for aquatic contamination control tools (both tools and also administration methods) that regulate discharges subordinate to the typical procedure of a vessel.
These discharges were formerly managed by the EPA under the Vessel General Permit (VGP) procedure.
VIDA usually preempts states from establishing or implementing state-specific ballast water administration laws various from those developed by the EPA and also the Coast Guard, while protecting versatility for states and also specific areas to establish, provide, and also apply subordinate discharges from vessels.
Following are the 3 VIDA arrangements the working team will certainly attend to:
- 16 U.S.C. 4712( f)( 5)– “Not later than 1 year after December 4, 2018, the Secretary shall establish a working group, including members from the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse and States with ballast water management programs, to establish a process for compiling and readily sharing Federal and State commercial vessel reporting and enforcement data regarding compliance with this chapter.”
- 33 U.S.C. 1322( p)( 5 )( D)– “Beginning not later than 1 year after December 4, 2018, the Secretary shall provide to the Governor of a State, on request by the Governor, access to Automated Identification System (AIS) arrival data for inbound vessels to specific ports or places of destination in the State.”
- 16 U.S.C. 4712( f)( 3 )( A), (B)– “On receipt of a ballast water management report … the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse shall, in the case of a form submitted electronically, immediately disseminate the report to interested States; or in the case of a form submitted by means other than electronically, disseminate the report to interested States as soon as practicable.”
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