ballast eqc staff report

DETP/19/3218

''Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 10:49:12 AM (GMT+07:00) Goldstein, Meyer:'' Rule Caption: Ballast Water Management: Revise and adopt rules to align with Oregon Revised Statutes. Adm. Order No.: DEQ 4-2011 Filed with Sec. of State: 3-17-2011 Certified to be Effective: 3-17-11 Notice Publication Date: 12-1-2010 Rules Adopted: 340-143-0030, 340-143-0040, 340-143-0050, 340-143-0060 Rules Amended: 340-143-0001, 340-143-0005, 340-143-0010, 340-143-0020 Subject: The adopted rules further reduce the risk of transporting invasive species to Oregon waterways by enhancing ballast water management for commercial vessels operating in Oregon. Specifically, the rules align applicable definitions and discharge exemptions with current statutes, enhance vessel inspection and compliance verification capabilities, require vessels declaring safety exemptions to obtain departmental authorization prior to discharging ballast water, and establish restrictions on the management and disposal of sediments that accumulate at the bottom of ballast tanks.