AlbertRyanUS Environmental ProtectionAgency1/31/20121Ballast WaterExhaust Gas Scrubber EffluentExhaustGasScrubberEffluentOil to Sea Interfaces (product substitutionrequirement)Administrative Changes and EfficiencyImprovements◦Combined Reporting◦Reducing Redundancy◦Changes to InspectionsChangestoInspections2Establish numeric limits set at a range equivalent toproposed USCG Phase I limit as Technology-BasedEffluent Limit (same as International MaritimeEffluentLimit(sameasInternationalMaritimeOrganization (IMO) limits)◦Expressed as instantaneous maximumLargeOrganisms(> 50μm)SmallOrganisms(>10μandToxigenicVibriocholeraeEschericialiIntestinalt i(>50μm)(μ≤50μm)(O1 &O139)colienterococci< 10 perm3< 10 perml<1 cfu per100 ml<250 cfu per100 ml<100 cfu per100 mlFound numeric Water Quality-Based Effluent Limit(WQBEL)infeasibletocalculatemml100ml100ml100ml( Q ) eas b e to ca cu ate3Vessels for which thenumeric TBEL does notnumericTBELdoesnotapply; hence, limits areBMPs:◦Unmanned, unpowered barges◦Confined Lakers◦Short distance voyage vesselsShortdistancevoyagevessels◦Seagoing/Inland vessels withless than 8 cubic meters ofballast waterballastwater◦Shipboard TechnologyEvaluation Program (STEP)vessels4Exhaust gas scrubber effluent is waste water that hasbeen used in cleaning vessel exhaust gasesMake IMO voluntary guidelines mandatoryMakeIMOvoluntaryguidelinesmandatory◦Guidelines include limits for pH, turbidity, nitrates, and onePAH compoundRequire monitoringRequiremonitoring◦Assure systems capable of meeting limits◦IMO guidelines do not currently contain total PAH and metallimits: maylater find that limits mayneed to be addedyCurrently applicable to a handful of vessels◦EPA trying to establish clear limits to provide certainty forsystem operators and assure that discharges are not leftp guncontrolled5Oil to Sea interfaces include stern tubes,thrusters hydraulic pitch propellers wirethrusters,hydraulicpitchpropellers,wirerope lubrication, etc.Stern tubes alone have been estimated to leakbetween 4.6 to 28.6 million liters of oilbetween4.6to28.6millionlitersofoilannually into ports worldwideIncreasing mandate for use of“environmentallyacceptable lubricants”(EALs)( bl l hy p ()in US waters(vegetable oils, synthetic esters,and polyalkylene glycols)◦For existing vessels, owner/operators must useenvironmentally acceptable lubricants in all oil toenvironmentallyacceptablelubricantsinalloiltosea interfaces unless technologically infeasible.◦New build vessels must use EALs in oil to seainterfaces6Among other things, EPA is seeking commenton potential changes to the bilgewaterdischarge limits (primarily for new buildvessels)◦For Existing Oceangoing Vessels:Same requirements as the 2008 VGP, with additional option forvessels greater than 400 GT to discharge within 1 nm if lessvesselsgreaterthan400GTtodischargewithin1nmiflessthan 5 ppm (whether or not technologically infeasible to hold)◦New VesselsDischarge within 3 nm if <5 ppm for all new build vessels >Dischargewithin3nmif<5ppmforallnewbuildvessels>400 GT, otherwise may pump onshore or discharge outside 3nm at a concentration less than 15 ppmSee Pages 58-70 of the VGP fact sheetSeePages5870oftheVGPfactsheet789Part 1 - Overview ofEligible for coverage if less than79 feet and have less than 8PermitPart 2 – EffluentLimitations andRl dcubic meters of ballast waterSlightly different structure thanVGPRelatedRequirementsPart 3 – Monitoringand RecordkeepingVGP◦Draft Permit is less than 20 pageslong◦Most important information up frontandRecordkeepingPart 4 – AdditionalRequirementsPart 5–State SpecificMostimportantinformationupfront◦Discharge limits in the middle◦Standard Permit Conditions and OtherRequirements toward the endPart5StateSpecificRequirementsPart 6 – DefinitionsPart 7 – sVGP contactsRequirementstowardtheendOrganized by managementgroups rather than by dischargetypesAppendix A– PermitAuthorization andRecord ofI ti F10InspectionFormwww.epa.gov/npdes/vessels◦Permits, Fact Sheets, background, technicaldocuments and studies, summaries, FAQs, andother sources of informationEPA 1/19/2012 Webcast (to be archived onEPA’s website by 2/9/2012)Presentations from EPA’s public hearing (tobe added to the docket by 2/6/2012)11d P blid db 2175dayPublic comment periodendsFebruary21,2012Submit yourVGPcomments, identified by Docket IDNEPAHQOW20110141VGPto.----,orscommens,identified by Docket ID No.EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0150by one of the following methods:◦www regulations gov: Follow the online instructions forwww.regulations.gov:Followtheon-lineinstructionsforsubmitting comments.◦Email:ow-docket@epa.gov.◦Mail: Original and three copies to: Water Docket,pEnvironmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 2822T, 1200Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460.◦Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room,EPA Headquarters West Building Room 3334 1301EPAHeadquartersWestBuilding,Room3334,1301Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460. Suchdeliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normalhours of operation, and special arrangements should bed f d li i f b d i f ti12madefordeliveries ofboxedinformation.EPA is specifically seeking comment on theprovisions discussed above, in addition to otherspecific questions posed (see Dec 82011FRspecificquestionsposed(seeDec.8,notice for list)Permits, fact sheets, and additional informationil bl tare available at:www.epa.gov/npdes/vessels13