Coast Guard Invites Public Comment on Proposed Rule for Dry Cargo Residue Discharges on Great Lakes
May 30, 08 by TheFleetIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Source: Import Industry News
The Coast Guard has made its proposed rule for dry cargo residue discharges on the Great Lakes publicly available through a notice of proposed rule making in the Federal Register that also announces the availability of the draft environmental impact statement prepared in support of the proposed rule.
The proposed rule would require Great Lakes bulk, dry-cargo carriers to keep records of loading, unloading, and sweepings of dry cargo residues and would encourage carriers to use control measures to reduce the amount of dry cargo residue entering the waters of the Great Lakes. The rule would continue to allow the discharge of non-toxic and non-hazardous bulk dry cargo residues in certain areas of the Great Lakes.
