Vessel General Permit (VGP) Legal Background Documents
A collection of VGP legal background documents.
- Petition to Administrator Carole Browner from the Pacific-Environmental Advocacy Center for repeal of 40 CFR 122.3(a) (pdf)
- Draft Ballast Water Report Factsheet (pdf)
- EPA's Draft Ballast Water Report: Aquatic Nuisance Species in Ballast Water Discharges (pdf)
- Draft Ballast Water Report Appendices (pdf)
- Memorandum of Agreement between EPA, Office of Research and Development, and the US Coast Guard on Collaborative Environmental Technology Verification (pdf)
- Memorandum of Understanding between EPA, Office of Water, and the US Coast Guard on Collaborative Environmental Technology Verification (pdf)
- Declaration of James A. Hanlon in Northwest Environmental Advocates et al. v. EPA, 2005 (pdf)
- Declaration of James A. Hanlon in Northwest Environmental Advocates et al. v. EPA, 2007 (pdf)