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Judge rules EPA must regulate ballast water, control invasive species |
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04 Apr 2005 |
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| Ballast Off Judge rules EPA must regulate ballast water, control invasive species In a court decision called "a slam dunk for healthy oceans" by the Ocean Conservancy's Sarah Newkirk, a federal judge ruled last week that the U.S. EPA must regulate ballast water carried by ships entering U.S. waters. The ruling reverses the agency's exemption of ballast water under the Clean Water Act and labels the water -- ... |
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