Federal Regulations

USCG page on ballast water management

Federal Register document on ballast water regulations:  33 CFR Part 151, 46 CFR Part 162
Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters; Final Rule

EPA Environmental Technology Verification Program
Generic Protocol for the Verification of Ballast Water Treatment Technology

EPA Vessel General Permit (VGP), currently in the process of revision for release of a new version in 2013: 

EPA Draft 2013 Vessel General Permit (VGP) and Small Vessel General Permit (sVGP) Documents

• Press Release (136 pp, 1.14MB) 
• Draft 2013 VGP Fact Sheet (PDF) (206 pp, 1.2MB) 
• Draft 2013 VGP Economic Analysis (PDF) (172 pp, 1.5MB) 
• Draft 2013 Small Vessel General Permit (sVGP) (PDF) (24 pp, 355K) 
• Draft 2013 sVGP Fact Sheet (PDF) (64 pp, 603K) 
• Draft 2013 sVGP Economic Analysis (PDF) (8 pp, 2MB) 
• Draft 2013 Vessel General Permit (VGP) (PDF)