All new and existing ships that are 300 gross registered tons(or more) and are carrying, or capable of carrying, ballast water, except those that have a valid compliance date extension granted by the U.S. Coast Guard must comply with the below regulations.

Ships with an existing extension to the ship’s compliance date granted by the U.S. Coast Guard must comply with California’s ballast water management requirements.

Details of these ballast water discharge standards are in the following table:

Related changes will become effective on January 1, 2022. The adopted regulations amend sections 2291, 2292, 2293, 2294, 2295, 2296, and 2297 of Article 4.7 of Title 2, Division 3, Chapter 1 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). The key subjects are the following:

–Interim and Final Ballast Water Discharge Performance Standards were delayed until 2030 and 2040, respectively

-Alternative methods to meet California’s Ballast Water Discharge Performance Standards such as the usage of water from a Public Water System                        

-Monitoring ballast water treatment system functionality in accordance with the system design limitations stipulated by the manufacturer, U.S Coast Guard approval certification, “alternate management system” acceptance letter. Additionally, applicable sensors and other control equipment must be calibrated as recommended by the manufacturer

-Proper recordkeeping is required and ballast water treatment system records must be maintained on-board vessels such as: monitoring and calibration records for a minimum of two (2) years, any biological monitoring performed from at least the past two (2) years, ballast water treatment system type approval certificate or “alternate management system” letter issued by the United States Coast Guard, procedures to manage ballast water in case of equipment malfunction

-Authorization is required to Commission staff to collect and analyse ballast water and sediment samples for research purposes and compliance assessment

Source: www.slc.ca.gov

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