U.S. Expands Rule on Ships’ Ballast
From Times Wire Reports
Beginning July 1, all ships entering the U.S. will have to tell the government what they have done on the high seas to protect fragile American waterways from invading species. The interim regulation, published by the Coast Guard, puts into action a 1996 law extending to all ports measures that were in effect only on the Great Lakes.
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