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BW Treatment System Manufacturers List by USCG

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USCG’s Marine Safety Center has posted a list of manufacturer’s who submitted a Letter of Intent, or LOI, to pursue type approval for their ballast water management treatment system. The LOI is required to be submitted to the Coast Guard by the regulations in 46 Code of Federal Regulations Subpart 162.060-10(a).
The LOI notifies the Coast Guard of a manufacturer’s intention to conduct testing and submit a type approval application. As per the released list total 24 manufacturers have submitted the LOIs since 2012. Following is the list of manufacturers submitted the LOI with date of submission as per the list posted on USCG website.
  1. Alfa Laval PureBallast 8/13/2012
  2. BIO-UV 3/27/2015
  3. Coldharbour Marine 5/28/2015
  4. Desmi Ocean Guard A/S 2/7/2013
  5. Eaton 3/12/2014
  6. Ecochlor, Inc. 12/4/2014
  7. ERMA First Esk Engineering Solutions 10/1/2014
  8. Evoqua Water Technologies
  9. LLC 10/16/2014
  10. Headway Technology Co., Ltd 8/13/2014
  11. Hyde Marine 3/2/2015
  12. JFE Engineering Corporation 11/18/2014
  13. KSB Aktiengesellschaft 7/11/2014
  14. NK Company Limited 5/11/2015
  15. NEI Treatment Systems, LLC 2/6/2015
  16. Oceansaver AS 12/17/2014
  17. Optimarin AS 10/16/2014
  18. Panasia Co..LTD. 12/9/2013
  19. RWO GmbH, Marine Water Technology 6/26/2014
  20. Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd 6/24/2015
  21. Severn Trent DeNora 3/25/2015
  22. Sunrui Marine Environment Engineering Co., Ltd. 2/3/2015
  23. Trojan Marinex 4/28/2014
  24. Wartsila Senitec AB 4/17/2014
  25. Wuxi Brightsky Electronic Co. 4/29/2015
The Marine Safety Center will type approve a ballast water management system when the vendor, working with an independent lab, provides a completed test report and evaluation in accordance with the requirements found in 46 Code of Federal Regulations Subpart 162.060.
Source: USCG

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Canada Announces New Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations to Improve Rapid Response

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Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced that new regulations to strengthen the prevention of aquatic invasive species (AIS) in Canadian waters have come into force. The Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations were posted today in the Canada Gazette,Part II and are now in effect.

The Government of Canada worked collaboratively with provincial and territorial governments to develop the Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations. The regulations provide tools for both the Department and provinces to prevent the introduction and spread of AIS. They also greatly improve the ability to respond rapidly to an invasion or manage the spread of established AIS in Canadian waters.

Prior to the coming into force of these new regulations, there was a patchwork of inconsistent regulations and policies to address risks posed by AIS at various levels of government across Canada. There was no comprehensive, national AIS regulatory framework, which resulted in inconsistency across the country.

These new regulations prohibit the import, possession, transport and release of significant risk species, in specific geographic areas and under specific conditions. In the future, other species can be added or removed through regulatory amendments when necessary. The prohibition on importation would be enforced by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Asian carp, Quagga mussels and Zebra mussels are some examples of species targeted by the new regulations.

These new measures also allow prescribed Ministers to authorize the deposit of deleterious substances to control AIS under certain conditions including the need to take into account alternative measures and possible impacts of the deposit. The regulations only allow the deposit of drugs and pest control products in compliance with the legislation of Health Canada and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada undertook consultations with Canadians on the proposed regulatory framework for AIS and a draft of the regulations was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I for public input. Input that was received from Canadian citizens was considered and aided in the development of the new regulations.

Source: Fisheries and Oceans, Canada

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