2016 House Bill 5640

Adopt Coast Guard ballast water discharge permit standards

Introduced in the House

May 11, 2016

Introduced by Rep. Patrick Somerville (R-23)

To adopt the U.S. Coast Guard standards for ballast water discharges from oceangoing vessels. Michigan adopted its own standards in 2006, which was before the Coast Guard finalized theirs in 2012.

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources