Impacts of EPA 2012 commercial pump-out regulations.

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• Creators:
  Hsieh, Hsin-Neng ; Marhaba, Taha
• Corporate Creators:
  New Jersey Institute of Technology. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Ballast (Ships) Benefit Cost Analysis Discharge Of Ballast Water--Law And Legislation Graywater (Domestic Wastewater) Maritime Industry Permits Pumps Ships Water Quality
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-NJ-2012-006
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New Jersey
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  New Jersey. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  The US EPA issued the Vessel General Permit (VGP) for managing vessel discharges, under the Clean Water
  
  Act. As a result, commercial vessels operating in the New York/New Jersey Harbor and at Delaware River will
  
  be required to comply, including additional conditions imposed by the state. This will affect maritime
  
  commerce in terms of cost and operation to meet the VGP requirements. The objectives of this research are
  
  to (1) determine how this rule would affect maritime commerce in New Jersey, (2) perform an analysis of the
  
  US EPA standards and the VGP rules and determine their impacts on New Jersey maritime operations, and
  
  (3) determine what New Jersey needs to do to be prepared. To carry out the project tasks, information on
  
  vessels registered under the VGP Notice of Intent and vessels arrivals were solicited from the US EPA and US
  
  Coast Guard, respectively, and analyzed. A stakeholder committee was formed where key and urgent issues
  
  were discussed in several meetings. New Jersey ports and onshore storage and treatment facilities were
  
  investigated. A cost analysis of alternative methods and facilities for pump-out of the discharge, storage,
  
  transport to a treatment facility, and waste treatment was performed. A protocol was developed for the
  
  maritime industry for filing VGP compliance and reporting. With the 2008 VGP expiration date approaching, US
  
  EPA is proposing new, more stringent numeric technology-based effluent limitations for ballast water in the
  
  2013 VGP. A draft sVGP for small vessels is also issued. Finally, the impact on New Jersey and
  
  recommendations to the maritime industry are presented.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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