Materials -- Discharges from Vessels

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Maine

LD 1271 (as amended by H-207), Resolve, to Study the Implementation of a Plan to Prohibit the Discharge of Certain Wastewater into Coastal Waters (off-site).

LD 1158, An Act to Protect Maine's Coastal Water (off-site). (Note: bill carried over to next session).

Waste Discharge Program. For statute, rules, and supplementary materials, see the Waste Discharge Page.

38 MRSA 417. Certain deposits and discharges prohibited.

38 MRSA 543. Pollution and corruption of waters and lands of the State prohibited

38 MRSA 552-A. Detention of vessels

Coastal Pumpout Plan 2001-2005 (document).
Cruising boat anchorages (map).
Cruising boat anchorages and pumpout locations (map).

Maine's Action Plan for Managing Invasive Aquatic Species

Federal

CWA § 312 (go here, begins on page 68 and goes through page 78) (off-site).

33 CFR 159. Marine Sanitation Devices -- U.S. Coast Guard (off-site).

40 CFR 122.3. Exclusions (off-site).

40 CFR § 140. Marine Sanitation Device Standard (off-site).

Title XIV -- Certain Alaskan Cruise Ship Operations (off-site). Public Law 106-554-- Appendix D, 11 STAT. 2763A-315. See pages 317 - 325. (off-site)

MARPOL, Annex IV submitted to U.S. Senate (May, 2003).

Agency information collection activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Surveys to Determine the Effectiveness of No-discharges Zones for Vessel Sewage and Marine Sanitation Devices

Vessel Discharges (EPA web page)(off-site).

Decision of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Petition for Rulemaking to Repeal 40 C.F.R. 122.3(a), September 2, 2003.

Deisel boats and ships (air emission standards) (EPA web page)(off-site).

Final Regulatory Support Document: Control of Emissions from New Marine Compression-Ignition Engines at or above 30 Liters per Cylinder

National Invasive Species Act of 1996 (summary).

Proposed Regulations -- Mandatory Ballast Water Management Program for U.S. Waters

Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Ballast Management Program for U.S. Waters. June 2003; U.S. Coast Guard

International

MARPOL 73/78

MARPOL, Annex IV (Sewage) (MARPOL text no longer available on-line)

Other states

Hawaii (proposed legislation).
Standards
HB222 & SB25--Establishes standards for the discharge of treated sewage, graywater, and other wastewater from cruise ships and commercial passenger vessels into the marine waters of the State. Carried over to 2004 regular session.
HB1982, SB3116--Establishes standards for the discharge of treated sewage, graywater, other wastewater, and air emissions from cruise ships and commercial passenger vessels into the marine waters of the State. Prohibits the discharge of untreated sewage from commercial passenger vessels into the marine waters of the State. Provides for recordkeeping and monitoring. Committee TRN recommended passage with amendments
SB3107--Establishes standards for the discharge of treated sewage, graywater, other wastewater, and air emissions from cruise ships and commercial passenger vessels into the marine waters of the State. Prohibits the discharge of untreated sewage from commercial passenger vessels into the marine waters of the State. Provides for recordkeeping and monitoring. Referred to committees 2/2/04.
Compliance program
HB201 & SB485--Establishes the commercial passenger vessel environmental compliance program on the discharge of effluents. (HB201 HD1). Carried over to 2004 regular session.
HB2190--Compliance program. Hearing 2/9/04.SB 2476--Compliance program Ref. to committee 1/26/04.

OCCRUZ. An Act pertaining to cruiseship activities and related to ship vessel operations taking place in the marine waters of the State of Alaska.
Application was received in the Lieutenant Governor's Office on April 29, 2003. A copy of the application and signatures were sent to the Department of Law and Division of Elections on April 30, 2003. The Division of Elections determined that there were a sufficient number of sponsor signatures on May 5, 2003. Legal review was received from the Department of Law and was determined that the application was not confined to a single subject; therefore, was denied on August 19, 2003.

State of Washington, HB 2549 (hearing 1/27/04). Minimizing the impacts of commercial passenger vessels. Bill summary page. Bill analysis page.

Assessment of Cruise Ship and Ferry Wastewater Impacts in Alaska (Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation, 1/27/04).

Report to the Legislature -- Regulation of Large Passenger Vessels in California (99 pages) (August 2003). Attachment. (212 pages) In the Attachment:

California bills on cruise ships. The three bills are AB 121, 471(air-held), and 906. They are available through http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/ Note the original bills and subsequent amendments.

• Frequently Asked Questions
• The Impact of Cruise Ship Wastewater Discharge on Alaska Waters (Science Advisory Panel, November 2002) (off-site).

Other

A Shifting Tide -- Environmental Challenges and Cruise Industry Responses (Center for Environmental Leadership in Business)(off-site).

Cruise Control -- A Report on How Cruise Ships Affect the Marine Environment (the Ocean Conservancy) (off-site).

Cruise Industry Waste Management Practices and Procedures-- E-01-01 (Revision 1); Attachment to ICCL Standard E-1-01 (Revision 1) (off-site)

Cruising -- Out of Control: The Cruise Industry, The Environment, Workers, and the Maritimes (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) (3/03)(off-site).

Economic Impact of Cruise Ship Passengers in Bar Harbor Maine (Resource Economics and Policy Staff Paper 518, 3/2003)(off-site).

Feasibility of on-shore ballast treatment at California ports. (off-site)

GAO Report. Marine Pollution: Progress Made to Reduce Marine Pollution by Cruise
Ships, but Important Issues Remain (Letter Report, 02/28/2000,
GAO/RCED-00-48). (off-site)

Global Strategy for Addressing the Problem of Invasive Alient Species (draft 2002) (off-site).

Memorandum of Understanding between the DEP and the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association and the International Council of Cruise Lines (12/1/01) (off-site).

Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel (off-site)

Email (6/4/03) concerning California Cruise Ship Task Force report (off-site).

Report from Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises, including diagram/table on
handling methods for waste streams from their ships (2 pages)(off-site).

Links (off-site)

Alaska -- cruise ship waste disposal and management
Bluewater Network
EPA -- vessel discharges
International Council of Cruise Lines (ICCL)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Ocean Conservancy
Oceana
Port of Portland, Maine
Ross Klein
The Friends of Casco Bay
Town of Bar Harbor
U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Portland, Maine

In the News (most off-site)

Environmentalists call for cruise ships to clean up dumping (ENN/AP, 4/8/04); pdf file

Lawmakers should keep cruise discharge bill afloat (editorial) (Press Herald, 3/25/04)

Cruise ship sewage bill plugged up (Press Herald, 3/23/04); pdf file

Cruise line concerns prompt re-writing of dumping bill (MaineToday.com, 3/22/04); pdf file

Bill on cruise-waste rules dies (Seattle-Post Intelligencer Reporter ( 2/26/04)

Cruise-line sewage bill advances in House (Honolulu Advertiser, 2/18/04); pdf file

Google bans ads that criticize cruise ships (Juneu Empire State News on-line, AP, 2/13/2004)

Environmental law for cruise ships sensible (Honolulu Advertiser, editorial, 2/5/04); pdf file

Puget Sound begs basic protections (Seattle-Post Intelligencer Editorial Board, 1/29/2004)

Bill would prohibit cruise ship dumping (Seattle Times, 1/28/2004)

Bill targets cruise waste removal -- proposal would limit sewage. (Seattle-Post Intelligencer, 1/28/2004)

Big ship group reviews year of cruise study (Key West Citizen, approximately 1/6/04).
http://keysnews.com/283080267696534.bsp.htm

Legislator proposes cruise-line regulation (HonoluluAdvertiser.com, 1/20/04)

Bill would prohibit cruise-ship dumping (Seattle Times, 1/28/04)

Foreign flags give cruise lines loopholes (Keynews.com, 1/28/04)

Even keel? The Citizen looks at the cruise industry's impact on Key West in this two-day series. (Keynews.com, 1/28/04)

World's largest ocean liner plans to stop in bar harbor (Bangor News, 1/26/04)

Dumping of wastes by cruise ships targetted (Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter, 1/20/04)

Passengers generate gallons of waste (Keysnews.com, 1/18/04)

Fees for cruise ships could drive liners away, critics warn (Portland Press Herald, 11/16/03)

Report: Restrict discharge of ships (Bangor Daily News, 11/12/03)

Report recommends restrictions on cruise ship discharges (Maine News, Associated Press, 11/11/03) (pdf file)

Maine looks to stop ships from dumping wastewater (Portland Press Herald, 11/11/03)

Sewage in ocean prompts boycott (Portland Press Herald, 10/30/03)

Environmentalists worry that pollution woes may follow ships (Times-Union, 10/27/03)

State, cruise lines in talks (Honolulu Advertiser, 10/15/03)

Group targets cruise industry with controversial initiative (Seattle Times, 10/11/03)

Cruise Ship Waste Practices Reviewed (Ellsworth American (Maine), 9/11/03)

Carnival Fires Pollution Auditors Over False Compliance Reports (Wall Street Journal, 8/28/03).

Three California bills would target cruise ship air and wastewater pollution (Associated Press, 8/22/03).

Nice Beach, But is it Clean? (Journal Tribune -- York County, 8/19/03).

Cruise Line Pollution Prompts Legislation -- Three bills would crack down on ships' discharges within 3 miles of coastline (L.A. Times, 8/19/03).

Cruise Control -- Record visit brighten Victoria tourist picture (Time Colonist - Victoria, 7/31/03).

Dumping claim countered: Federal fisheries officer says cruise ships do
not... (7/29/03)

Preserving biodiversity (article from Lloyd's List, 7/28/03)

Bylaw would Ban Cruise Ship Waste (The Province, 7/27/03)

Pollution Case Haunts Carnival (Miami Herald, 7/24/03)

AP Story, (Kron-4, Bay Area News, 6/26/03)

Cruise Ships in the Cross Hairs -- three Senate bills aim to cut air and water pollution off the coast. (The Sacramento Bee, 6/23/03)

Cruise ships are welcome here, but pollution should be kept in check. (Press Herald, 6/20/03)

Ecology calls for oversight of cruise ships' waste releases (Seattle-Post Intelligencer Reporter, 5/30/03)

Cruise ship dumps 50 tons of sewage in Strait of Juan du Fuca, Washington State officials say (AP, 5/7/2003

Monterey to Revisit Rules on Cruise Ship Discharge. (The Mercury News, 2/18/03)

Cruise line growth poses environmental concerns in California (California Environmental Report, 2/6/03)

U.S. keeps wary eye on cruise ships for more pollution (U.S.A. Today, 11/8/02)

"In the News" from Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation