MEDIA RELEASE

The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to hold its final two public meetings next week to hear comments on a proposed rulemaking for ballast water discharge standards.

Comments are being sought about a proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register Aug. 28 (74 FR 44632) that would add discharge standards to the Coast Guard’s ballast water management regulations in Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 151, Subparts C and D. The proposed rule would also add approval procedures for ballast water management systems found in Title 46, Code of Federal Regulations, Subchapter Q.

Live Webcasts (audio and video) of the public meetings will be broadcast online at ballastwater.us

One meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday at the Hilton Oakland Airport, Calif.; the other is 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday at the Marriott New York Downtown, New York City.

The public is encouraged to participate by submitting written or verbal comments at the meetings, or online before the deadline.

All comments and related material submitted after the meetings must be submitted to the online docket at www.regulations.gov, docket number USCG-2001-10486, on or before Dec. 4, or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date.