Last week the Navy cleared one of several final hurdles facing their proposed operations expansion at the Northwest Training Range Complex (NWTRC) when NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) granted them permission to “take” marine animals incidental to their training activities. An article published in the Bellingham Herald last weekend explains why the plan for [...]
Archive for the ‘Ocean Dumping’ Category
15 Dec
EPA Listening Session Today on Vessel General Permits
Today from 9-5 the EPA is holding a listening session to obtain feedback from the public on improving the next Vessel General Permit (VGP). The VGP is a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit that regulates discharges “incidental to the normal operation of vessels operating in a capacity as a means [...]
5 Nov
After You Die, Will You Still Comply?
Open water enthusiasts should be glad to know that the EPA is unlikely to stand between them and a watery grave. The EPA primer “Burial of Human Remains At Sea” – unceremoniously located under the “Ocean Dumping” portion of their website – states that, according to 40 CFR 229.1, “human remains transported from United States [...]
