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LEGISLATIVE WATCH “We have to have certainty, we have to have a system that works and we have to get ONE regulatory regime that’s enforced by a knowledgeable federal agency. That metric is more important to use than any particular rule applying to any particular discharge at any particular time.” – AWO Executive Vice President Jennifer Carpenter mean by that is that there is no state, federal agency or though they do agree on the standard, the regulations serious scientist that disagrees with the Coast Guard about don’t completely align.” As MarineNews went to press, what the highest level of ballast water treatment is today,” those words were backed by almost 70 maritime advocacy said Carpenter. She continued for emphasis, “I really want groups spanning the full gamut of the waterfront. to underscore that – the Coast Guard and EPA have the Progress is being made. Even the states that set higher same standard for ballast water. We still have a problem standards have acknowledged that those standards are not because they get there in slightly different ways. They are achievable. This includes California (1000x IMO) and accountable to two different statutory masters. So even NY (100x IMO). And, Carpenter insists, “What’s great

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