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Industrial and Commercial Facilities
Recent Additions
December 18, 2008
- Final 2008 Vessel General Permit - On December 18, EPA issued a final Vessel General Permit (VGP) to reduce releases of 26 types of discharges from vessels operating in U.S. waters. Beginning December 19, approximately 61,000 domestically flagged commercial vessels and 8,000 foreign flagged vessels will need to comply with the permit. The permit covers non-recreational vessels 79 feet in length or longer, such as cruise ships or oil and cargo tankers, but excludes fishing vessels of any length, unless they discharge ballast water. The new permit incorporates the Coast Guard’s mandatory ballast water management and exchange standards, and provides technology-based and water-quality-based effluent limits for other types of discharges, including deck runoff from rain or cleaning, ballast water used to stabilize ships and “gray water” from showers, sinks and laundry machines. It also establishes specific corrective actions, inspections and monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
September 03, 2003
- EPA Denies Petition Related to Ballast Water - EPA has denied a petition submitted by a number of environmental groups and other interested parties that sought to repeal provisions of EPA's regulations that cover certain discharges from vessels, including the discharge of ballast water. EPA has denied the petition for a variety
of reasons, particularly because of the wide variety of regulatory and non-regulatory actions currently being taken by other federal agencies to address the potential introduction of invasive species from discharges of ballast water. For more information, please see EPA's decision and supporting documents.
January 01, 2003
- Proposal to Extend NPDES Storm Water Permit Deadline for Oil and Gas Construction Activity Disturbing One to Five Acres of Land [PDF Format] - This proposed rule seeks to extend the NPDES storm water permit authorization deadline by two years (until March 10, 2005) for oil and gas construction activity disturbing one to five acres of land. The NPDES storm water regulations (Phase II), finalized on December 8, 1999, include coverage for such facilities. At that time, EPA believed that few of these facilities would be affected by the rule. Since that time, information has become available indicating that as many as 30,000 facilities could be affected. EPA is proposing the two-year extension to analyze and evaluate this information and its potential impact. The comment period will be open until January 29, 2003.
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