Ballast Water Discharge definition

Ballast Water Discharge means the ballast water as would be discharged overboard.

Examples of Ballast Water Discharge in a sentence

  • U.S. ballast water discharge standardsThe U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Discharge Rule creates compliance requirements for Vessels sailing in U.S. Waters by requiring the use of an approved ballast water management method.

  • Testing Sample Representativeness of a Ballast Water Discharge and developing methods for Indicative Analysis.

  • Commander Ryan Allain, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), provided an update on the Ballast Water Discharge Standard (BWDS) proposed rulemaking, which would set a discharge standard for concentrations of living organisms in ballast water.

  • The Coast Guard released policy guidance on June 21, 2012, that discusses implementation of the Ballast Water Discharge Standard.

  • Ballast Water Discharge General Permit: FAQs for Vessel Owners and Operators.

  • In order to avoid any unnecessary duplication, a copy of the same NOI sent to EPA requesting coverage under the VGP may be used to request the Wisconsin Ballast Water Discharge General Permit.

  • Shortly thereafter in September 2000, the federal government released the Guidelines for the Control of Ballast Water Discharge from Ships in Waters under Canadian Jurisdiction, revoking and replacing the 1989 Voluntary Guidelines.

  • Proposed Ballast Water Discharge Reporting Regulation 4 VAC 20-395-10 et seq.

  • Negative Environmental Impact of Ballast Water Discharge New market is born Ballast water is sea water that is pumped into ballast tanks inside an unloaded ocean-going vessel in order to provide stability to the ship.

  • Dobroski et al., Assessment of the Efficacy, Availability and Environmental Impacts of Ballast Water Treatment Systems for Use in California Waters, California State Lands Commission, Marine Facilities Division, December 2007, Appendix C.6 Paper submitted by the United States to the IMO, entitled “Consideration of the Draft International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, Ballast Water Discharge Standards - Regulation D-2,” BWM/CONF/14, January 5, 2004.

Related to Ballast Water Discharge

  • Non-stormwater discharge means any discharge not comprised entirely of stormwater discharges authorized by a NPDES permit.

  • Direct discharge means the discharge of a pollutant.

  • New discharger means any building, structure, facility, or installation: (A) From which there is or may be a new or additional discharge of pollutants at a site at which on October 18, 1972, it had never discharged pollutants; (B) Which has never received a finally effective NPDES permit for discharges at that site; and (C) Which is not a “new source”. This definition includes an indirect discharger, which commences discharging into waters of the United States. It also includes any existing mobile point source, such as an offshore oil drilling rig, seafood processing vessel, or aggregate plant that begins discharging at a location for which it does not have an existing permit.

  • Illicit discharge means any discharge to a municipal separate storm sewer that is not composed entirely of stormwater except discharges pursuant to a NPDES permit (other than the NPDES permit for discharges from the municipal separate storm sewer) and discharges resulting from emergency fire fighting activities.

  • Daily discharge means the discharge of a pollutant measured during a calendar day or any 24-hour period that reasonably represents the calendar day for purposes of sampling. For pollutants with limitations expressed in units of mass, the "daily discharge" is calculated as the total mass of the pollutant discharged over the day. For pollutants with limitations expressed in other units of measurement, the "daily discharge" is calculated as the average measurement of the pollutant over the day.

  • Indirect discharger means a non-domestic discharger introducing pollutants into a publicly owned treatment and disposal system.

  • Indirect discharge means the introduction of pollutants into a POTW from any non-domestic source regulated under section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Act.

  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System means the national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements under Sections 307, 402, 318, and 405 of the Clean Water Act.

  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) means the national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring, and enforcing permits and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements, under Sections 307, 318, 402, and 405 of CWA. The term includes an approved program.

  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit or “NPDES” means a permit issued by the MPCA as required by federal law for the purpose of regulating the discharge of pollutants from point sources into waters of the United States from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) as defined by federal law

  • Discharger , as used herein, means, as appropriate: (1) the Discharger, (2) the local sewering entity (when the collection system is not owned and operated by the Discharger), or (3) "indirect discharger" (where "Discharger" appears in the same paragraph as "indirect discharger”, it refers to the discharger.)

  • Discharge plan means the written plan that establishes the criteria for an individual's discharge from a service and identifies and coordinates delivery of any services needed after discharge.

  • Existing source or existing discharger (in the NPDES program) means any source which is not a new source or new discharger.

  • Hazardous Discharge shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.19(d) hereof.

  • discharge pipe means a pipe from which discharges are made or are to be made under Section 165(1) of the 1991 Act; "disposal main" means (subject to Section 219(2) of the 1991 Act) any outfall pipe or other pipe which-

  • Maximum daily discharge limitation means the highest allowable “daily discharge.”

  • Constructive Discharge means the occurrence of any of the following:

  • Discharge for Cause means a discharge resulting from Employee having (i) committed any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, or fraud that, in the good faith opinion of Company, causes a material harm to Company, (ii) failed or refused to follow legal and reasonable policies or directives established and previously given to Employee in writing by Company, (iii) willfully failed to attend to his duties after ten (10) days prior written notice of failure to so act, (iv) committed acts amounting to gross negligence or willful misconduct to the material detriment of Company, or (v) otherwise materially breached any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement after ten (10) days prior written notice of such material breach and failure to cure such breach. Employee shall be deemed to have been discharged for cause upon delivery to Employee of a "Notice of Termination" stating the "Date of Termination" and specifying the particulars of the conduct justifying discharge for cause. Furthermore, if the Employee is terminated without cause, then the Company agrees, if requested by Employee for the sole purpose of exercising any vested options that Employee has the right to exercise, to loan to the Employee an amount equal to (i) the full exercise price of all vested options that the Employee has the right to exercise less (ii) the par value of such shares as are to be exercised. The terms of the loan shall be that it shall be (a) secured by the stock to be purchased, (b) be otherwise non-recourse to the Employee, (c) bear interest at the prime rate of interest as published from time to time in The Wall Street Journal, and (d) be fully due and payable, principal and interest, two (2) years from the date of termination.

  • Average monthly discharge limitation means the highest allowable average of “daily discharges” over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all “daily discharges” measured during a calendar month divided by the number of “daily discharges” measured during that month.

  • Senior Discharge Date means the first date on which all of the Senior Debt (other than contingent indemnification obligations) has been paid indefeasibly in full in cash and all commitments of Senior Lenders under the Senior Loan Documents have been terminated.

  • Final Discharge Date means the date on which the Security Trustee notifies the Issuer and the Transaction Creditors that it is satisfied that all the Secured Obligations and/or all other moneys and other liabilities due or owing by the Issuer have been paid or discharged in full.

  • Discharge planning means the formal process for determining, prior to discharge from a facility, the coordination and management of the care that a patient receives following discharge from a facility.

  • Average weekly discharge limitation means the highest allowable average of “daily discharges” over a calendar week, calculated as the sum of all “daily discharges” measured during a calendar week divided by the number of “daily discharges” measured during that week.

  • Sewage sludge means a solid, semi-solid, or liquid residue generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works as defined in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code. "Sewage sludge" includes, but is not limited to, scum or solids removed in primary, secondary, or advanced wastewater treatment processes. "Sewage sludge" does not include ash generated during the firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator, grit and screenings generated during preliminary treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works, animal manure, residue generated during treatment of animal manure, or domestic septage.

  • Transmission and distribution system means, with respect to an

  • Compaction means the increase in soil bulk density.