EPA's Proposed Vessel General Permits: Background and Issues Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title EPA's Proposed Vessel General Permits: Background and Issues

Creator

  • Author: Copeland, Claudia
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Resources and Environmental Policy

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2012-06-18

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: In November 2011 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed two Clean Water Act permits to regulate certain types of discharges from vessels into U.S. waters. This report is an overview of the proposed permits and two key issues: inclusion of numeric performance standards to limit ballast water discharges from vessels, and controversies about the role of states in regulating vessel discharges.
  • Physical Description: 20 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Water resources
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Water
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Ships

Primary Source

  • Item is not a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R42142
  • Accession or Local Control No: R42142_2012Jun18
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc98015
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