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International

• Reports on 61st Session of the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee, September 27-October 1, 2010:
  • Climate Change
  • Progress on Environmental Issues
• International Maritime Organization Marine Environment Protection Committee
• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)
• Report on 60th Session of the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee March 22-26, 2010
• 2009 IMO Study of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships
• Marine Environment Protection Committee August 2009 Circulars on Ship Energy Efficiency
• 2009 World Trade Organization/United Nations Environment Program Trade and Climate Change Report
• Shipping section of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 Report on Transport and Its Infrastructure, in Climate Change 2007: Mitigation
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Maritime Experts Group Final Report: Sharing Best-Practices in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Ports, July 2009

Federal Agencies

• Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President: Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force
• United States Coast Guard: Homeport Environmental Mission
• United States Coast Guard: Vessel Response Plan Program
• United States Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency: Memorandum of Understanding to Enforce Air Pollution Requirements for Vessels in U.S. Waters
• United States Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency: Coast Guard, EPA Announce Agreement to Enforce Air Pollution Requirements for Vessels Operating in U.S. Waters
• Environmental Protection Agency: Enforcement of MARPOL Annex VI Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Information Sheet
• Environmental Protection Agency: Trade, Transportation and Environment
• Environmental Protection Agency: Ocean-Going Vessels includes info on North American Emissions Control Area amendment to MARPOL, as well as air emissions regulations for U.S.- and foreign-flagged vessels
• Environmental Protection Agency: Clean Ports USA
  • For Port Authorities
  • For Fleet Owners and Terminal Operators
• EPA Studies Emissions from Houston-Bound Cargo Ship - International initiative will reduce sulfur dioxide from ship stacks
• Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation: Ballast Water and Aquatic Invasive Species Initiative
• NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service: Mandatory and Voluntary Measures for Reducing Ship Strikes to North Atlantic Right Whales
• NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service: Reducing Ocean Sound from Large Commercial Vessels
• Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division: $1.4 Million in Fines Assessed on Shipping Line for Illegal Oil Discharges

Maritime Environment Laws and Regulations

• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)
• Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, 33 U.S.C. 1901-1915
• EPA Regulations on Control of Emissions from Marine Compression-Ignition Engines of U.S.-flagged Vessels, 40 CFR Part 94
• EPA Regulations on Control of Emissions from New and In-Use Marine Compression-Ignition Engines and Vessels, 40 CFR Part 1042
• EPA Regulations on Control of Emissions From New Marine Compression-Ignition Engines at or Above 30 Liters per Cylinder, April 30, 2010 final rule, to be codified at 40 CFR 1043
• NOAA Speed restrictions to protect North Atlantic Right Whales, 50 CFR Section 224.105