Ballast Water Meeting Archive

Meetings

 

The PBWBG meets annually. The PBWBG also sponsors periodic technical workshops on issues of mutual concern to the region including, “Testing of Ballast Water Treatment Systems: General Guidelines and Step-wise Strategy Toward Shipboard Testing (2005)”, and “Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Areas: Physical and Biological Oceanographic Considerations (2006).”  ​​

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Past PBWBG Meetings:

 

April 29-30, 2025

AGENDA

Day One - Apr 29

• U.S. Coast Guard Update (Joe Adamson, USCG)

• Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards of Performance (Kelsey Watts-Fitzgerald, EPA)

• ​State Agency Ballast Water Reports

  • Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (Amanda Newsom & Justin Bush)

  • California State Lands Commission (Chris Scianni)

  • Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (TBD) (Josh Emerson)

  • Hawai'i Department of Natural Resources (Elizabeth Monaghan & Sarah Phillabaum)

• Response to Pulse Coral (Unomia stolonifera) and other octocorals and considerations for secondary pathways (Christy Martin, CGAPS, UH Manoa)
  • Unomia carpeting Pearl Harbor bottom (video)​
• Evolution of AIS Management:  Updates from IMO's MEPC 83 Session​ (Marcie Merksamer, Enviromanagement, Inc.)
• Port Biofouling Study and US EPA Vessel General Permit:  Ballast Water Results (Lisa Drake, SGS Global Services)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Related International Efforts to Address Biofouling and Non-Indigenous Species (Mario Tamburri, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science)
• Technical Considerations for Sampling Ballast Water to Determine Compliance (Lina Ceballos, CSLC; Chris Brown, CSUM)
• Pacific States' Views on VIDA Implementation (Justin Bush, Amanda Newsom, WDFW; Chris Scianni, CSLC, Josh Emerson, OR DEQ)
• Legislative/Other Discussion (Stephen Phillips, PSMFC) - no slides

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Day Two - Apr 30

• Golden Mussel Update (Martha Volkoff, CDFW) - no slides

• California’s emergency rule for fresh/brackish ballast water to be discharged in fresh/brackish CA ports  (Jonathan Thompson, CSLC)

• Using ballast water reports to assess the introduction risk of invasive species to Washington state (Amada Newsom/Ben Rubinoff, WDFW)

• Shipowner Training (Mark Riggio, Simplify Ballast)

• Advancements in Capture and Treatment Technology for In-water Hull Cleaning (Karl Lander, Subsea Global Solutions)

• Testing Of Different Compliance Monitoring Devices (Sarah Bailey, Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

• Does doing donuts in the ocean remove biofouling? (Chris Scianni, CSLC)

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April 24-25, 2024

AGENDA

Day One - Apr 24 Video

• Invasive Species and the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (Ryan J Thresher & Joseph Adamson, USCG)

• U.S. EPA Ballast Water Update (Jack Faulk, USEPA)

• State Agency Ballast Water Reports

  • Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (Amanda Newsom & Justin Bush)

  • California State Lands Commission (Chris Scianni)

  • Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (Josh Emerson)

  • Hawai'i Department of Natural Resources (Elizabeth Monaghan & Sarah Tom)

• California Ballast Water Sampling for Compliance Assessment (Lina Ceballos-Osuna, CSLC)

• Washington Ballast Water Sampling Program (Amanda Newsom & Justin Bush, WDFW)

• Ballast Water:  Dead or Alive? (Marcie Merksamer, Enviromanagement Inc.)

• Marine & Aquatic Biosecurity Section (Sonia Gorgula, Australian Government Ballast Water Unit)

  • Ballast Water Management System Familiarization and Inspection Training Program (Simplify Ballast and Enviromanagement, Inc.)​

• Ballast Water Compliance is Possible: The Last Steps (Lisa Drake, SGS Global Marine Services)​

• Golden Bear Research Center Activities (Chris Brown, Golden Bear Research Center)

• State and Federal VIDA Consultation (Chris Scianni, CSLC & Justin Bush WDFW)

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Day Two - Apr 25 Video​

• PAC-DA-SH and Multistate Data Management Discussion (Lina Ceballos-Osuna, CSLC & States)

• Ballast Water Treatment System Use in California/Operator System Malfunction (Jonathan Thompson, CSLC)

• Balancing the consequences of in-water cleaning of biofouling to improve ship efficiency and reduce biosecurity risk (Chris Scianni, CSLC)

• IMO GloFouling Biofouling Project (Lisa Drake, SGS Global Marine Services)

• Biological Testing of Ships' Ballast Water Indicates Challenges for the Implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention (Sarah Bailey, Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

• Robotic Hull Cleaning (Sidney McLaurin & Anjali Boyd, Fleet Robotics)

• Robotic Hull Cleaning (Karl Lander, Greensea IQ)

• Legislative/Other Discussion (Stephen Phillips, PSMFC)

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March 28-29, 2023

​AGENDA

• Ballast water testing and biocide residuals (L. Drake, SGS Global Marine Services)

• US Coast Guard/Environmental Protection Agency (J. Morris, USCG; J Faulk, EPA)

• Washington DFW VIDA Section Strategic Planning (Amanda Newsom, WDFW)

• State agency water ballast reports

  •  Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (A. Pleus and A. Newsom)​

  • California State Lands Commission (C. Scianni)

  • Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (J. Emerson)

  • Hawai'i Department of Natural Resources (Elizabeth Monaghan) 

• Experience & Views on Vessel Discharge Implementation & Compliance (M. Merksamer, EnviroManagement, Inc.)​

• Reviewing a Year of BWMS Testing (S. Loicano, Golden Bear Research Center)

• Pacific States Data Sharing Project - "PAC-DA-SH" (L. Ceballos, CSLC)

• Ballast Water Treatment System Use in California (J. Thompson, CSLC)

• In-water Cleaning Current Developments (C. Scianni, CSLC)

• CSUM Update (C. Brown, Cal Maritime)

• Canadian Biofouling Risk Assessment Project (T. Brinklow, Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

• Legislative/Other Discussion (S. Phillips, PSMFC)

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March 29-30, 2022

AGENDA

MEETING RECORDING FOR DAY 2

• Commissioning testing of ballast water management systems: Shipboard results and lessons learned (L. Drake, SGS Global Marine Services)

• US Coast Guard/Environmental Protection Agency (J. Morris, USCG; J Faulk, EPA)

• First look at implementing ballast water discharge performance standards in California (J. Thompson, CSLC)

• State agency ballast water reports 

  • Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (A. Pleus and A. Newsom)​

  • California State Lands Commission (C. Scianni)

  • Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (J. Emerson)

  • Hawai'i Department of Natural Resources (Elizabeth Monaghan)

• Experience and views on vessel discharge implementation and compliance (M. Merksamer, EnviroManagement, Inc.)​

• Commissioning testing and shipboard sampling (S. Loiacono, CSUM)

• Canadian BW Update (A. Rushwan, Transport Canada)

• OneTANK mobile ballast water treatment - emergencies, contingencies, and special cases (S. Ritchie, Glisten)

• Yes, we CANZ: Initial compliance and lessons learned from regulating vessel biofouling management in California and New Zealand (L. Ceballos, CSLC)

• Evaluating the efficacy and environmental impacts from in-water cleaning of commercial vessels (C. Scianni, CSLC)

• Publicly available data session - MISP Data: Open Access (L. Ceballos, CSLC, WDFW, group discussion)

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April 6, 2021

AGENDA

MEETING RECORDING

• Golden Bear Research Center (GBRC) Update (C. Brown)

• Hawaii Ballast Water and Biofouling Program (N. Dunn)

• Ballast Water Program Update Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (J. Emerson)

• EPA Ballast Water Update (J. Faulk)

• Commissioning Testing of Ballast Water Management Systems: Shipboard Results and Lessons Learned (L. Drake)

• USCG Ballast Water Management Program (J. Morris)

• Washington State Ballast Inspections COVID-19 (A. Newsom)

• Washington State ballast water data program 2019/2020 (A. Newsom)

• California’s Marine Invasive Species Program (C. Scianni)

• Pandemic: Adjustments to Inspection Processes - California State Lands Commission (J. Thompson)

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April 2-3, 2019

AGENDA

• Introduction to the Ballast Water Equipment Manufacturers' Association (M. Merksamer)

• Management of ballast water in Hawaii (G. Devine)

• California's Marine Invasive Species Program (N. Dobroski)

• Foreign trade patterns drive ballast water delivery to San Francisco Bay, CA (D. Verna, M. Minton, and G. Ruiz)

• Hawaii Ballast Water and Biofouling Program Update (J. Kuo)

• IMO developments for BWMS commissioning testing using indicative analysis (M. Merksamer)

• The first year of implementing biofouling management regulations: What have we learned and what's next? (C. Scianni)

• Ballast treatment compliance: Searching for science in ballast water discharge standards (N. Welschmeyer, Golden Bear Research Center)

• Washington State Ballast Water Program Quarterly Summary Report (A. Pleus)

• Ballast water exchange plus ballast water treatment (J. Thompson)

• BWMR - Email-data extraction functionality (M Corp)

• Sampling and contingency measures (Glosten)

• Risk analysis based on reported data (L. Ceballos-Osuna)

• Golden Bear Research Center Update (C. Brown)

• Oregon Ballast Water Program (J. Emerson, S. Idczak)

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April 11-12, 2018

AGENDA

• Update on Coast Guard Ballast Water Initiatives/Standards/IMO Activities (J. Morris, US Coast Guard)

• US EPA Vessel General Permit Administration (J. Faulk, EPA)

• California's Marine Invasive Species Program (N. Dobroski, California State Lands Commission)

• Oregon's Ballast Water Program (R. Hooff, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality)

• Washington State Ballast Water Program: Strategic Plan Implementation (A. Pleus, WDFW)

• Developments in Hawaii Ballast Water and Biofouling Program (J. Kuo, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources)

• State Coordination of Ballast Water Reporting (C. Czajkowski, M Corp)

• Golden Bear Facility Updates  (C. Brown, California, Maritime Academy)

• California Risk Assessment Process for Vessel Arrivals (J. Thompson, CSLC)

• Washington Vessel Risk Assessment Protocols (A. Pleus, WDFW)

• Canada Update (R. Balla)

• Compliance Alternatives – Discussion on Challenges To Compliance – Including Turbid Waters, Hold Time and Learning (K. Reynolds, Glosten)

• The Arctic Invasive Alien Species (ARIAS) Strategy Strategy and Action Plan (L. Shaw, NOAA)

• Discussion on a Regionally Consistent Approach to Regulating In-Water Cleaning (C. Scianni, CSLC)

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April 12-13, 2017
AGENDA

• US Coast Guard Ballast Water Management (J. Morris, US Coast Guard)

• California's Marine Invasive Species Program (N. Dobroski, California State Lands Commission)

• Oregon's Ballast Water Program (R. Hooff, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality)

• Regulating Vessel Biofouling and In-Water Cleaning in Hawaii (J. Kuo, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources)

• Hawai'i Ballast Water Rules, Standards, Current Analysis (B. Higgins, J. Kuo, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Div. of Aquatic Resources)

• US EPA Vessel General Permit: Implementation and Reissuance (J. Emerson, US Environmental Protection Agency)

• BW Planning and Compliance Efforts to Meet IMO Requirements - 4 Examples (B. Bjorndal, Assure Controls, Inc)

• In-Water Cleaning (C. Scianni, California State Lands Commission)

• The Pacific Coast Region: Potential Solutions to Lingering Compliance Issues and Industry Concerns (C. Brown, CSLC)

• Update on Ballast Water Research in Canada (S. Bailey, Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

• Ballast Water: Contingency Treatment Update (K. Fitzgerald, Glosten)

• Ballast Water Management System Testing at Golden Bear Facility (R. Muller, Golden Bear Facility)

 

March 29-30, 2016

AGENDA

• Antifouling coatings used on vessels arriving at California ports (R. Nedelcheva,CSLC)

• Ballast Water Management System Testing at Golden Bear Facility ( R. Muller, CMA)

• Ballast Water Treatment System Use in California (J. Thompson, CSLC)

• Ballast Water Treatment Testing Conceptions and Misconceptions (N. Welschmeyer, MLML)

• Calif Adding biofouling regulations to the mix to manage the entire vessel as a vector (C. Scianni, CSLC)

• Calif Ballast Water Management and Enforcement (C. Brown, CSLC)

• California's Marine Invasive Species Program (N. Dobroski, CSLC)

• EPA - Invasive Species Mitigation Measures in EPA's 2013 VGP (J. Emerson, EPA)

• Hawaii Ballast Water Management Biofouling Management Update (J. Kou, HIDLNR)

• Mobile treatment for emergency response and alternative ballast management (A. Orthmann, Glosten)

• Oregon Ballast Water Program (R. Hooff, ORDEQ)

• Overview of the MPN Method ( L. Drake, NRL)

• The Challenge of Meeting Challenge (S. Loiacono, CMA)

• Update on Ballast Water Research in Canada (S. Bailey, Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

• USCG Ballast Water Management Update (J. Morris, USCG)

• Washington State Ballast Water Program (A. Pleus, WDFW)

 

April 15-16, 2015

AGENDA

• US Coast Guard Ballast Water Discharge Standard Final Rule Regulatory Update (Morris, USCG)

• Ballast Water and Hull Fouling Limits in EPA's Vessel General Permit (J. Emerson, USEPA)

• Update on Ballast Water Research in Canada (S. Bailey, Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

• Classification Society Type Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (D. DiCianna, ABS)

• GIS Assessment of Ballast Water Management Compliance in California: 2004-2014 (C. Brown, CSLC)

• Shipboard Testing at Golden Bear Facility (A. Orthmann, Glosten)

• Ballast Treatment Test Facility Activities (B. Davidson, Cal Maritime)

• Hawaii's Update on Ballast Water and Biofouling Management (K. Richardson, HDAR)

• Oregon Ballast Water Program (R. Hooff, Oregon DEQ)

• The Need for a Multi-State Biofouling Management Plan (E. Kincaid et al., PSU, USFWS, SERC)

• California's Marine Invasive Species Program (N. Dobroski, CSLC)

• Results of UW-WDFW Ballast Water Zooplankton Sampling 2001-2014 (J. Cordell et al., UW; A Pleus et al., WDFW)

• Ballast Water Exchange as a Management Tool (A. Pleus, WDFW)

• Biofouling Management in California: Recent Practices, Research, Proposed Regulations, and Future Goals (C. Scianni, CSLC)

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